We are pleased to note that the Court of Appeal (CA) has found that the Town Councillors acted in good faith and in the execution of the Town Councils Act and the Town Councils Financial Rules in awarding the MA and EMSU contracts to FM Solutions & Services (FMSS) and in awarding contracts to certain…

The court judgment for the first tranche of our case was released this morning. We are in the midst of reviewing the judgment and will take advice from our lawyers. We will share more details on our next step/s in due course. Mr Low, Sylvia, Pritam

“13. The Honourable Court’s attention is drawn to the following: (a) The Town Councillors have given evidence of the facts and circumstances then existing and their reasons for making the decisions which they did – both in respect of the appointment of contractors and their payments. This evidence has not been rebutted. (b) In second-guessing…

“The Unrebutted Evidence of the Town Councillors For the Plaintiffs to succeed, they need to prove that the appointments of FMSS and the other third party contractors and the respective payments made to them were improper. They have not done so. The following key evidence of the Town Councillors remains unrebutted: With respect to the Appointment…

“In both Suits, the Plaintiffs call into question the appointments and payments made by AHTC to its Managing Agent (“MA”) and various third party contractors that AHTC had engaged to manage the estate and/or perform various services for its residents during the Review Period … The Town Councillors deny the allegations of improper payments and…

“I joined the Workers’ Party in 2010 when I was a Juris Doctor candidate at the Singapore Management University. Prior to taking over Mr Low Thia Khiang as Secretary-General of WP on 8 April 2018. I was previously the Assistant Secretary-General of WP. When I first joined WP and before I became an elected member…

“Given the urgency of the handover as highlighted above, there were discussions between the Aljunied and Hougang MPs on our plans for the handover. These discussions included the concerns raised by Mr Low, who was the most experienced MP in our team. Based on his past experience when taking over and running HTC after he…

“I am Chinese educated. I graduated from Nanyang University in 1980 with a general degree and from the National University of Singapore (“NUS”) in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Chinese Studies. Upon graduating from NUS, I was admitted to the Institute of Education and I obtained a Diploma in Education. Subsequently, I…

“In summary, the Honourable Court’s attention is drawn to the following: (a) Town Councils are political in nature and intended to be managed by the elected Members of Parliament (MPs) with little intervention from the Government. (b) Subject to the duties and remedies set out in the Town Council Act (TCA) and Town Council Financial…