Wednesday, March 4, 2009

You can do anything but don't get caught!

I read a job advertisement in The Straits Times (Mar 4, 2009, page C30) under the Security column and to my amazement, I saw an ad posting for a vacancy of a Security Officer but the working hours was amazing - 17 hours! (1700 hours to 1000 hours).

The amazing part is, this company is a public listed company, which makes me wonder:
1. Are the Board of Directors aware that their HR department is breaking the Ministry of Manpower's Employment Act?

2. Are the stakeholders aware of it even though it's not a main page news?

3. Any of the Ministry of Manpower's staff, especially their legal and enforcement team noticed this ad?

Therefore, I reiterate it again, "You can do anything but don't get caught!"

Same goes with crimes and terrorism activities - you can do it but don't get caught!

For innocent people like Associate Professor Chan Kap Luk who was discharged from the hospital after the NTU stabbing incident, the tragic death of David Hartanto Widjaja too, could have been prevented had the tertiary institutions had proper security procedures and policies reviewed regularly with the HODs in-charge of counseling, handling trauma and post crisis management and keep it updated.

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