Before more people misunderstood "KVETCH" as a person name, perhaps I should explain the meaning a little.
Kvetch actaully meant to complain and whine. This blog named "Kvetch Haven" so that I can complain a little, whine a little about life. Of course, this blog will not be solely on constant whinning and complain.
NKF Saga: Aftermath Thoughts
whispered @ Thursday, July 14, 2005 by stardusz
What an uproar NKF has created for the past 3 days. Now, the public faith, i.e. us, for the organisation's integrity is shaken.
Just because of one man unwillingness to disclose how the fund was being distributed in the organisation, just because of the lavish bathroom suite in his personal office, just because of his annual salary of SGD $600k (and this exclude the 10-12 month bonus that he got for the past few years), the patients under the organisation care suffers.
The public, excluding a small handful that already have doubts on NKF and have stopped donating, has placed so much faith and trust in this non-profit organisation to provide the needy with the appropriate care and needs. I believed that almost 90% of those who donated consistantly to the organisation never have any doubts in them.
Well, that is until the CEO himself admitted that he boosted the number of patients from 2000 to 3000, a figure is 50% more then the actual number of patients. This is a psychology foreplay as numbers play an important role in calling out the kind souls for donation. Besides, NKF might have made used of the plight of some patients, made their stories into a short 2-3min flim to gain more kind souls into donating their hard-earned money. (This is how I felt)
The CEO confessed that the gold tap what was in his personal bathroom suite cost $990. OMG!!!!! This is extravagancy!!! This amount is what some Singaporeans are earning, yet we heard someone saying that it is fine to have a $990 gold tap? So after installing the tap, the water that flows through it is purer?
What made the public even madder was the comment made by Mrs Goh C.T., who is a lawyer and the wife of someone with a respectable status. (Well, I respected her husband). When asked on her comments regarding this case, she said that "For a person who runs a million dollar chartiable organization, $600,000 is peanuts as it has a few hundred millions in reserves". What the.... Does she know that many of us are struggling here in Singapore just to make ends meet? Does she know that for a fmaily with a gross income of SGD $24000 a year, it is going to take them 25 years to earn the amount of SGD $600,000?? (and this DOES NOT include the bonus that the CEO gets!!!) And inflation rate was NOT even included when I did this simple calculation.
How many people got anguish over such a mindless statement. She might not say it with much ill intention, but this statement strike many of us like lighting. It hurt us badly, yes, very badly.
Just read from the paper, a former NKF volunteer was made to apologise publicly to NKF in 1997 for making "defamatory" remarks, after he was "caught gossiping" with another volunteer on how the organisation squandered the money and that the CEO flew around the world in first class.
Well, I guess "revenge" (in this case, NKF trip on its own to get itself exposed publicly) is always sweet. If I were him, I might be grinning from ear to ear now.
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