Lee Li Lian highlights the difficulty she encountered with the Managing Agent after taking over the town council.
"I had my first ‘surprise’ shortly after the Punggol East By-Election in Jan 2013. I was on the ground shortly after to meet representatives from the then conservancy contractor for both SK 1 and SK 2. SK 1 refers to blocks 101 to 141 and SK 2 are blocks 142 to 197.
We were informed by the contractor from SK 1 that because of issues they were having with the Ministry of Manpower, they were not able to continue their contract with AHPETC.
As AHPETC was going to take over only from May 2013, the TC requested the handing over TC that is Pasir Ris Punggol TC, to call for a tender for SK 1 in March. Subsequently, 2 established cleaning companies tendered for the contract.
The tenderers were invited to attend the tender meeting in late April 2013, just before the handover in May. Unfortunately, representatives were sent from both companies to inform that they were no longer able to participate in the tender and would like to withdraw from the tender process. It was also followed up by written notices to the TC Chairman on their decision to withdraw without any valid reasons."
Ms Lee's Full speech can be read at: http://wp.sg/2015/02/debate-on-the-auditor-generals-report-on-the-audit-...