NKF's patron's reply when asked if Mr Durai's salary and bonuses were excessive... Asked if Mr Durai's annual salary and bonuses were 'excessive', she (Mrs Goh) replied: 'For a person who runs a million-dollar charitable organisation, $600,000 is peanuts as it has a few hundred millions in reserves.' (extracted from the Straits Times - 13 Jul 2005)
Luna Esa
7/13/2005 10:51:00 pm
Some of my colleagues (including my boss) have withdrew their monthly donations....me...still pondering....don't want to cause unexpected hardships on the kidney patients...
Teddy
7/14/2005 08:44:00 am
Don't worry too much for the NKF patients. NKF can always unlock their massive reserves in the event their donations starts drying up, which I imagine is already the case. Sincerely hope that this episode has taught the NKF board that their salaries and perks are funded by donors, and they should deploy their resources wisely. If they have not learnt anything from this, then I sincerely hope that their patients move on to other charities for subsidies, since NKF subsidises them a paltry sum anyway.