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    Aristocare

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    • O Offline
      Otah
      last edited by

      But the story should not just end liddat right.


      This incident may come out in future PSLE 看图作文 and Kelvin Ong’s ending now is like the sixth picture with a big question mark. But our kids are suppose to end the compo with a ending and moral learning since that is what our education system wants them to learn. So how to tell them if they learn that the conman get to be out of the law?

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        phtthp
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        Kiasucy:
        Watch! He gets away this time but then hor 暂草不除根,春风吹又生 。。。and he may 东山再起 venture into another tuition business or private home tuition by using another name again to con parents if there is still no verification of qualification practice here.

        Yes, agree !
        leopard spots die hard ! Because this con spirit is inherent in his nature, his character. It stays inside him.

        Ong said \"Case closed\" for this branch.

        But given some time lapse, he'll up to some other funny tricks instead, create another tuition agency or package / re-design in another way trickily under a different fanciful name, start his con business all over again in another style, approach parents sneakily in another manner.

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          ChiefKiasu
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          Otah:
          ... But later glad that we have a KSP forum to share from GEP parents. His tactics lead to a lot of doubts, thereby expose his \"fox tail\".

          Many thanks to ChiefKiasu and team for setting up this forum. :salute:
          Thank you, Otah. If we have helped in anyway to lead to the exposure of questionable practices in educare related industries, we would have accomplished our key goal of setting up KiasuParents.com.

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            Otah
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            phtthp:
            Kiasucy:

            Watch! He gets away this time but then hor 暂草不除根,春风吹又生 。。。and he may 东山再起 venture into another tuition business or private home tuition by using another name again to con parents if there is still no verification of qualification practice here.


            Yes, agree !
            leopard spots die hard ! Because this con spirit is inherent in his nature, his character. It stays inside him.

            Ong said \"Case closed\" for this branch.

            But given some time lapse, he'll up to some other funny tricks instead, create another tuition agency or package / re-design in another way trickily under a different fanciful name, start his con business all over again in another style, approach parents sneakily in another manner.

            Wonder any parents who have signed up for his expensive course lodged a police case? This will help stop the other con man at least hesitate before they start their plot.

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              phtthp
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              before allowed to close down his agency just like that, did those parents who had signed up & paid up thousands of $$$ - request for refund ? They should ! don't know whether he'll refund or not.


              \"kiasumum\" said he speak broken English:-
              http://everythingalsocomplain.com/2012/07/29/aristocare-founder-not-very-sure-if-he-was-from-gep/

              his book
              http://sapgrp.com/shop/images/pdf/9789812747617_Preface.pdf

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                fightingmom
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                phtthp:
                before allowed to close down his agency just like that, did those parents who had signed up & paid up thousands of $$$ - request for refund ? They should ! don't know whether he'll refund or not.

                Probably have to go to CASE to lodge a complaint / report.

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                  Daddy D
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                  I read that he was conducting his lessons from home... Like that also can considered tuition agency and charge so high?

                  :siao:

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                  • phtthpP Offline
                    phtthp
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                    it was mentioned here that he conduct lessons in his cramp bedroom at high charges :-


                    http://www.vagsg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1110442

                    http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20120729-362053.html

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                    • Z Offline
                      Zeng
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                      phtthp:
                      right from the beginning, he already decide to con. Con not just over 1 aspect, but many areas ... until reporter go and dig into his background, liaise with NUS officials, with MOE, etc. Everyday he tell lies to parents, eyes unblinking.


                      for how many years did Ong manage to cheat many gullible parents successfully, before he was finally caught this time round ? He must be rich liao, ripping off so many parents ! so easy for him to just say \"close the case\" & walk off like that ?

                      right now, besides Ong, who else like him in the Education market, also giving GEP tests ? reporter ought to target next fellow like him.
                      Today Aristocare falls but new ones will spring up. Based on recent ST reports and KSP threads, other than Aristocare, there are other providers of GEP training and tests including Dr Peh, MindStretcher, Global etc. If you go to their online websites, their credentials and track record look equally impressive.

                      For argument sake, if one opts for anyone of these centers, who kind of minimal verification information that experienced forumers here would be asking for? How does one verify the claimed results/outcome, by word of mouth?

                      Perhaps there should be a study or research by ST or MOE to examine the \"secrets\" of success in these centers, exactly what methods or techniques that are used that can produce such astounding results? Do the students or teachers or teaching materials actually make the difference?

                      These info may well be useful to MOE to improve teaching in our schs!

                      Similar studies can be conducted for the many types of special techniques and approaches provided by the various centers (right, left, total brain training or whatever secret kungfu Panda manual)

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                        Zann
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                        phtthp:
                        before allowed to close down his agency just like that, did those parents who had signed up & paid up thousands of $$$ - request for refund ? They should ! don't know whether he'll refund or not.


                        \"kiasumum\" said he speak broken English:-
                        http://everythingalsocomplain.com/2012/07/29/aristocare-founder-not-very-sure-if-he-was-from-gep/

                        his book
                        http://sapgrp.com/shop/images/pdf/9789812747617_Preface.pdf
                        Most likely his book is not writen by him also since his a con king. 😉

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