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NTUC staff fired for insensitive comments made on
Facebook
SINGAPORE - The National Trades Union Congress has terminated
the services of an Assistant Director in its Membership Department,
following inappropriate comments allegedly made on her Facebook
page.
"The NTUC takes a serious view on racial harmony in Singapore. We
will not accept and have zero tolerance towards any words used or
actions taken by our staff that are racially offensive," said Mr
Lim Swee Say, Secretary-General of NTUC in a statement.
"NTUC has terminated with immediate effect the services of Ms Amy
Cheong, Assistant Director, Membership Department after
establishing with her that she did post offensive comments on her
personal Facebook page on Oct 7.
"Regrettably and rightly so, her comments have upset members of the
public, including many union members. We are sorry that this has
happened. We have counselled the staff and impressed upon her the
seriousness of her action. She is remorseful and has apologised for
her grave lapse of judgement."
In a post on the NTUC Membership Facebook page early this morning,
NTUC said it had been alerted of the post made by Ms Cheong, on her
Facebook page, concerning weddings at void decks.
"This matter is being investigated and we will have a report in due
course. This is a serious concern to all of us and will be
addressed shortly," said NTUC Membership said in its post.
"The Labour Movement centres on inclusivity and we will not accept
words or action of any of our staff that is insensitive or
offending to any community."
Ms Cheong later posted a comment on her Facebook page - which has
since been taken down - apologising for what she described as a
"silly comment".
"It was my own bad judgment which I truly regret," she wrote. "I
was just upset with the noise. I truly do not mean to be judgmental
or critical. I am truly sorry."
TODAY
