Singapore's bureaucrats must declare casino visits in bid to stop graft
Civil servants must declare within seven days if they have visited the city-state's two casinos more than four times a month, or if they purchase an annual pass that allows unlimited access, the government's Public Service Division (PSD) said.
Singapore civil servants must declare casino visits under new rules introduced yesterday, months after a senior anti-graft official was charged with embezzling state money to fund his gambling habit.
Civil servants must declare within seven days if they have visited the city-state's two casinos more than four times a month, or if they purchase an annual pass that allows unlimited access, the government's Public Service Division (PSD) said.
Government officials in certain positions where "misconduct will have significant reputational risk to the Public Service" must declare every visit within seven days, it said in a statement yesterday.
Civil servants involved in gaming enforcement and others who represent the government in business dealings with the two casino operators will remain barred from visiting the casinos unless in an official capacity.
The agency said it was also bringing in compulsory job rotations and block leave for some officials holding positions that "are more susceptible to being suborned and exploited if the incumbent were to remain in the same job for too long".
"Officers are expected to maintain the highest standards of personal conduct and integrity, and their actions must not bring the Public Service into disrepute or call into question its impartiality," PSD said.