Japan teaches anti-corruption

[Ganma]

Oh, the irony. They should have saved this article for April Fools Day.


[SIZE="4"]REFILING: Singapore, Japan launch anticorruption training for Afghans+[/SIZE]

Singapore and Japan are jointly organizing the first anticorruption training for senior Afghan government officials in Singapore this week, turning into reality a plan that was announced by the Japanese government last year.

A group of 18 Afghan officials are taking part in the five-day seminar that begins Monday -- marking the first collaboration between Japan and Singapore in providing technical assistance to Afghanistan in public governance and anticorruption, Singapore's Foreign Ministry said in a statement Sunday.

The plan was announced by then Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada at the International Conference on Afghanistan in Kabul in July last year.

Japan and Singapore will share their experiences in running clean governments during the seminar, which is jointly sponsored by Singapore's Foreign Ministry and the Japan International Cooperation Agency, and conducted by the Singapore Civil Service College.

[IparryU]

Oh, the irony. They should have saved this article for April Fools Day.


REFILING: Singapore, Japan launch anticorruption training for Afghans+

not even going to read the body... a big fuckin waste of time.

[Coligny]

not even going to read the body... a big fuckin waste of time.

I totally disagree... the best judges and policemen are former (really FORMER) bandits....

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I wonder whether they haven't perhaps got their "Ls" and "Rs" mixed up again, but I looked up the dictionary and couldn't find an entry for "collupt," so I am guessing they have just misspelled "collapse."

English may not have four writing styles, but it is still bloody tough.

[IparryU]

I totally disagree... the best judges and policemen are former (really FORMER) bandits....

then i think you would mean "REFILING: Singapore, Japan launch corruption training for Afghans+"

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

The Singapore/Japan Anti Corruption 10 Commandments
I. Thou shalt not tell them anything
II. If thou must tell them something, thou shalt make sure for god's sake thou doest not tell the truth
III. Thou shalt not chewing gum (banned as both a noun and verbal phrase)
IV. Thou shalt separate corruptibles between traceables and non-traceables, and thou shalt ensure traceables are utterly destroyed the second it appears likely they are going to be traced
V. Thou shalt never, ever accept bribes, especially as thou can institutionalize corruption by shifting crooked officials to cushy but influential jobs running quasi-public sector organizations that drain taxpayer coffers like a succubus
VI. Thou shalt allow free speech, provided that thou shalt make speakers promise never to say anything critical and always doest as they are instructed
VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery, or any other act normal for mature human beings, instead ensuring that thou population remains infantile for the duration of its existence
VIII. Thy shall allot voting weight to engineer election results to maintain thy status quo or any other system that perpetuates thy ruling elite
IX. Thou shalt not allow foreigners to sully thy actions
X. If all else fails, thou shalt blame thy faults on foreigners

[Coligny]

then i think you would mean "REFILING: Singapore, Japan launch corruption training for Afghans+"

No, I was serious for once, we had a guy like that in the 50/60s who did a complete 180...

[sublight]

No, I was serious for once, we had a guy like that in the 50/60s who did a complete 180...

While I agree that former crooks can often be the best advisors on catching other crooks, I think these guys are skipping the "former" part.

[IparryU]

While I agree that former crooks can often be the best advisors on catching other crooks, I think these guys are skipping the "former" part.

ya my point exactly

[matsuki]

Don't know much about the Singlish gov. but the J-Gov will teach them all they want about being corrupt.

Does lesson 1 start with creating a new word for all non Afghanistan "natives?"

[bolt_krank]

Japan's probably arranged a deal with someone to do this. I wouldn't be suprised if this whole "project" goes into the 100s of millions.

[Ganma]

Japan's probably arranged a deal with someone to do this. I wouldn't be suprised if this whole "project" goes into the 100s of millions.

In other words they used their corrupt connections to make a deal to teach anti-corruption.

[sublight]

First rule of anti-corruption: it's not corruption if it's in our favor.