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Clarence Hoe King Chuan accused of molesting schoolboys: personal details and full resume exposed

SINGAPORE - A former school teacher has been charged with 11 counts of committing indecent acts with two teenage boys and getting one of them to massage his groin area.

Clarence Hoe King Chuan, 37, who was head of department in a primary school, allegedly committed the offences at a flat in the north in 2012 and earlier this year.

He is now unemployed. Hoe, who was charged in court on Thursday, is accused of touching a 13-year-old boy's private parts underneath his shorts and placing the teen's hand on his genitals underneath his shorts.

The alleged incident occurred in April 2012. Sometime between April 2012 and early last year, he allegedly procured an indecent act by asking the boy to massage his groin area.

For six consecutive months starting from May 2012, he is said to have massaged the teenager intimately at the same flat. The last three charges state that he committed an indecent act with another boy aged 14, by touching his buttocks.

He is also accused of touching the teen's thigh and genitals. The alleged offences took place on March 15 this year. Hoe, who is represented by Mr Adrian Chong, was told by the court not to approach the alleged victims.

His police bail of $15,000 has been extended. A pre-trial conference has been fixed for Jan 12. If convicted under the Children and Young Persons Act, he could be fined up to $10,000 and/or jailed for up to 10 years on each charge.

SOURCE: The Singapore Straits Times, 19 December 2014

Special note: He was a former HOD teacher in Endeavour Primary.

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Name: Clarence Timothy HOE King Chuan 

Born: 31 August 1977



EDUCATION

2000 - 2002 : UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND (St Lucia) Faculty of Social & Behavioural Science, School of Psychology. Bachelor of Science (Psychology).

1994 - 1997 : NANYANG POLYTECHNIC Department of Factory Automation and Control (FAC), Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Centre. Diploma in Manufacturing Engineering. 

1991 - 1993 : ST GABRIEL’S SECONDARY SCHOOL Full G.C.E. ‘O’ Level Certificate with 4 Credits.

1990 : BOWEN SECONDARY SCHOOL Secondary 1 Education, 6th position in Express Standard.

1983 - 1988 : ST GABRIEL’S PRIMARY SCHOOL Passed PSLE.



EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

University : Newman Society Assistant Treasurer (2002)

The International Ball 2001, Sponsorships & Public Relations Sub Committee ( 2001 )

Brisbane Outreach 2001 Organising Committee, Speaker and Facilitator ( 2001 ) 

Newman Society Treasurer ( 2000 - 2001 )

National Service :Unit Year End Function Executive Committee ( 1999 )

Participated and attained SILVER Award at AOMC WITs Day ( 1999 ) 

AOMC WITs Day Organising Committee ( 1998 and 1999 )

G1 Army Formation Family Day Working Committee ( 1999 )

Unit Anniversary Newsletter Photographer and Graphic Artist ( 1998 and 1999 )

Participated and attained GOLD Award at AOMC WITs Day ( 1998 )

WITs Outing Organising Committee ( 1998 )

Branch WITs Co-ordinator : ( 1997 – 2000 )

Secondary : Scouts ( 1990 ) 

Media Resource Club ( 1991 – 1993 )

Executive Committee of Media Resource Club ( 1992 - 1993 ) 

Volleyball Team ( 1991 – 1993 )

Reserve Player for School Team ( 1993 )

Class Committee ( 1992 – 1993 ) 

Discipline Committee ( 1993 )

Primary : Cadet Scouts ( 1986 – 1989 )



WORK EXPERIENCE

Jan 2002 - Feb 2002 : ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (PRIMARY) Relief Teacher

-Taught English, Mathematics and Physical Education to Primary 1, 3 and 4 students



Feb & Jul 2001: CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL (PRIMARY) Relief Teacher (on ad hoc basis)

-Taught English, Mathematics and Social Studies in both the Upper- and Lower-Primary levels.



 May 2000 – May 2000: TAIKISHA LTD Data Entry Clerk (Temporary Assignment)

-Performed data entry on computer and assisted Engineers perform calculations for design of Cleanroom and Air-conditioning piping, ducting and fittings.



Jan 2000 – Jun 2000: SECONDARY ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TUTOR (Private Tutor)

-Tutored students in Secondary One Elementary Mathematics.



Jul 1997 – Jan 2000: ARMY OFFICERS MANAGEMENT CENTRE Personnel Affairs Specialist
(Full-time National Serviceman)

-Provided administrative support in Personnel Affairs, Service Benefits and other classified matters.



Jan 1995 – Oct 1999: PRIMARY MATHEMATICS TUTOR Private Tutor

- Tutored students of various levels in Primary Mathematics (including PSLE).



Jun 1997 - Jul 1997:STREAM INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD (now Modus Media International Pte Ltd) Data Entry Clerk / Business Executive Assistant 

-Performed data entry on computer and co-ordinated delivery of goods or sample products to clients

-Assisted Business Executives in generation of Sales Reports, updating of databases and manufacturing production planning.

-Resigned due to enlistment into National Service.



Dec 1996 – Feb 1997:EVER WEALTH PLASTICS PTE LTD Polytechnic Industrial Attachment

-Trainee Operation of plastic injection-mould machines, packing and shipping of products, changing and maintenance of injection-moulds for machines to optimise manufacturing process.




Mar 1995 – Nov 1995: ST GABRIEL’S PRIMARY SCHOOL Relief Teacher (on ad hoc basis)

-Taught English, Mathematics, Science, Health Education, Physical Education and Social Studies in the Upper Primary levels.

-Taught English and Mathematics in the Lower Primary levels.

-Had experience as a form-teacher and teacher's administrative work. 




OTHER EXPERIENCE

Manufacturing : Worked for 3 months on Polytechnic’s Final Year Project: Computer Integrated Robotic Assembly (CIRA) Cell. Designed and assembled the electrical circuit for the automation and control of the components of the CIRA which includes an automated conveyor belt system, the docking station and two robotic units.

Computer : Computer Literate with fluent use of computer software (eg: Microsoft Office 97,
Windows 95 and various Desktop Publishing Software) Able to type.

Leadership & Teamwork : Able to lead a team or work as a team with constructive ideas. Open to criticisms and willing to learn and work efficiently. Able to work independently and with minimum supervision.

Others : Possess Singapore Class 3 Drivers License and able to drive safely. Possess International Driving License (issued by Automobile Association of Singapore)

Blacklisted tuition centre: Starland Educational Services Pte Ltd

(by Iceeci of Kiasu Parents Forums, filed under the rants section which the public has restricted access to, dated 16 July 2014)

"Hi all, This will be my first post after getting pissed off with this student care center. Address: HDB Chai Chee #01-74 29A Chai Chee Avenue Singapore 461029 http://www.starland.edu.sg/ Basically I enrolled my son last year ( when he was in P1 ). The student care supervisor ( William ) spoke to me on the phone and his English sounded crappy. So I went down to meet up with him (in Nov 2012) and take a look around the centre. First impression of the school is that it seemed rather old. Second impression was that of the supervisor who wore a extra large polo tee (struck me more as a hawker than in the education business) with a weird accent. After further conversation I realized he was from Indonesia (that explained his weird accent; no offense to indonesian friends, but his spoken English sounded really weird) After that I met his wife who seemed to be local. However, she also spoke with a weird accent. This was followed by the meeting of this man called Gong Gong ( Grandfather in Chinese ). A very friendly aged man. Is this a family business? So anyway I enrolled my son there as there was free tuition and it's like 5mins walk from my home. Why not? So he got started in Dec 2012 to get himself used to things.

First two months of 2013 went well enough. Then during the March holidays when I requested my son to bring back his assessment book for me to check. To my surprise, only 2 chapters were marked for English, Maths and Chinese. Of course I asked him why this was the case. He told me he after completing his work he would place the books in that 'corner' but the teacher didn't go ahead to mark them. I therefore went to the centre to seek answers, and was told by William that my son did not pass any to him for marking. I told him he should try collecting the books weekly and mark them accordingly. For a while the problem seemed resolved.

Then in May it all happened once again. Worst of all during school holidays the centre will be packed like a chicken farm till the kids in student care have to sit along the corridor as the classroom was filled with N1,2 and K1,2 kids. Food there wasn’t impressive. No fruits served till date. I thought there are protocols to follow with regards to the provision of a healthy diet, which should include the serving of fruits at the end of the meal? Anyways for the past one and a half year my son’s results have not improved the slightest bit- his English is still 55%, Math 70% and Mother Tongue 80%. However what really got my beef was the lack of proper security measures to safeguard the child’s physical well-being.
1) Students are allowed to operate various switches within the centre without adult supervision.
2) Any student can leave the premises without written notice of the teachers.
3) Ex students who are now in high schools are allowed to return and play with younger kids.
4) Accidents will never be reported to parents.
5) Nobody is placed in charge of supervising the bathing kids.

This year( 2014) during the March holidays, while my son was at the centre, he played with a pair of scissors and cut himself. However, no one informed me about it. What can I conclude?
1) There are too many students with far too little teachers to watch over them.
2) You get hurt, please self medicate (my son applied a plaster to his cut himself) .

Later in the evening, I had to bring him to A&E just in case he needed stitches. The medical bill was settled through my insurance policy. Worst case of all is what happened on this Monday (14/07/2014). If I am not wrong, switches are fixed a meter above ground level to avoid children from tampering with them as they are rather dangerous for the ignorant and playful young. That morning, there was only another P1 boy apart from my son being present together in the restroom. The boy had to take a bath at 11am before heading to school, however no adult was around to help switch on the heater; I believed all were busy attending to the Kindergarten kids coming to school. Being a helpful child, my son tried to help his friend turn on the heater switch. He tried jumping and tip-toeing to do so. While tip-toeing, he placed his other hand on the wall for balance, not noticing it was in the door gap. This was when the centre supervisor’s daughter accidentally closed the door, slamming shut on my son’s center 3 fingers. My son reported to the supervisor about the accident and he had the audacity to rebuke him : “HOW DARE YOU PUT YOUR HANDS THERE!”

Please, my son is only 8 years old and is in shock, pain and fear. Instead of being shown concern, he was interrogated like what a policeman does to a criminal. Worst of all, my son told me they only took a cursory glance at his fingers, decided he was fine and sent him off. However, later when he went to school, his form teacher sent me a photo of his fingers via Whatsapp, which by then had swelled up, looking like mini bananas. I called the William and questioned him about the accident. From the moment we spoke he became very defensive with saying a single sorry. What type of attitude is this? In the end I had to close my shop and rush to my son school to bring him to A&E. They did an X-Ray and suspected he might have fractured his 3 fingers. The doctor gave instructions to have his fingers secured in a cast and a review with a KK specialist subsequently scheduled for a week later. While the nurses were placing his fingers in a cast, William called me and asked about my son. I told him that my son’s story was much different from his version. He started raising his voice and became defensive, retorting that it was an accident and nobody wanted it to happen.So I started talking about the switch being located at considerable height and he said he knew my son was helping his friend since day 1 of 2014. I told him they should not be allowed to even operate any electrical switch as their hands might be wet and they could get electrocuted. William told me off, insisting that their switches are safe and certified by government agencies, adding that plastic is a bad conductor of electricity. I therefore asked him how about water- is it a good conductor of electricity? He replied yes. Back to SQUARE 1 about the switch. He still is very defensive saying it is 100% safe. I really saw no point talking to a steel headed man, as such I told him I am busy and will speak again. At that moment we both hung up the phone.

On Tuesday morning( 15/07/2014 ), my son returned to the centre. William then spoke to my son in a threatening way: “ SO now I shall record your statement down to verify if you did lie to me or your dad about the incident.” And made my poor son whose fingers were still in a cast (and pain) to repeat exactly what happened that day. When my son got back in the evening, I asked him and he revealed to me about William’s stern interrogation and threats of camera as well as recorders to capture the process. Hey parents, is this how you treat a young kid? Scaring him into submission and hoping to achieve some warped semblance of “victory”? So after much consideration, I decided to withdraw him from this hazardous and unhealthy place with effect from 17/07/14. I went down personally a moment ago and spoke to William. I passed him my son’s A&E bill and requested his immediate reimbursement. Once again, he got very defensive and started an argument, insisting no refund of the deposit will be given back without a month notice. I told him straight in the face that no parent will allow their child to stay in a place where it is so unhealthy and hazardous. At this point, I also mentioned an earlier accident where my son suffered a cut in March, which he seemed to be completely unaware of. I therefore exclaimed: “ Even you were kept in the dark!” He snapped back: “ Who says we were kept in the dark?” So I asked him: “So you knew but didn't tell me? “ He answered: “I didn't know.” I commented: “' So you were kept in the dark la.” Haha simple English and he couldn’t even understand. At this moment he raised his voice and shouted at me in his centre. I was already so pissed off with him not admitting his fault in the switch safety. His wife heard the commotion, came in and tried to pacify both sides. I told him directly, your yelling and denial only goes to prove what type of person you really are. Right in your own education centre you shouted and screamed at a parent who merely wanted justice for his son accident here. He started getting all defensive again, claiming that I was talking loudly, so responded in kind. I told him no teacher should ever shout at a parent even if he is being talked back at in a loud voice. Many students in the centre at that time came over out of curiosity to take a look. Can you imagine a supervisor of a centre shouting at a parent whose kid just got injured and was in a cast ‘thanks’ to the safety protocols of this student care centre? He insisted the accident was entirely not his fault as what done has been cannot be undone.

The switch problem remains unresolved. If any of you or your friends still have children enrolled in this centre, I urge you to leave asap. I have reported this accident to the police and am now waiting for a call from the officer in charge. Please pray for my son that justice will be served in due course."

Exposed: Female teacher from top school involved in sex scandal

In July 2012, a former female teacher from a top school was investigated for allegedly having sex with a secondary 4 student on more than one occasion:

RI imposes gag order on students, warning them not to discuss sex scandal involving former female teacher

We have managed to establish the identity of this offender after conferring with multiple sources including a former RI teacher who has intimate knowledge of the case, and three current/ex Rafflesians who have direct access to the victim himself ( all identities shall be kept anonymous to protect their privacy as promised).

Her name is Mdm Norhayati Binte Abdullah, who formerly taught History at Raffles Institution. Prior to that, she taught history at Temasek Secondary School. She was also a teacher in charge of the hockey team. She got married in 2006, and is the mother of two children. Her last known address is Blk 346, Tampines St 33.

Full Disclosure Blacklist F


The list expands with part F. More names are included in the hall of shame. All are guilty, and attempts to threaten with legal action will be disregarded totally. Errant tutors/tuition agencies/centres have only themselves to blame for being “featured” here. Members of the public who wish to contribute information about other guilty individuals or organizations, leave a comment with relevant evidence to substantiate your accusations. More lists shall be added with time. ( Over time, some of these tutors may try to scrub clean their images by having web links from cited sources deleted, but black sheep will always remain black sheep. Mud sticks forever.)  

Blacklisted tutors

1. Mr Loh Hua Long
 Pupil's police report did not stop sick tutor

 2. Miss Mathilda Diana Yeo
Singapore Hall of Shame: Female tutor who drives Audi says men earning less than $3K/month is shit!

(In addition, Singapore Hall of Shame has received a message from a reader alleging Diana Mathilda Yeo, the girl famous for saying that men earning less than $3K/month are pathetic, to be a third party about 3 years ago when Diana was working at Modiva Club as a server. A reader by the name of "Priscilla" also alleged that Diana slept with her ex-boyfriend Ken. Ken was the manager of Modiva at St James, a popular nightclub in Singapore, while Diana was the server. When Priscilla and Ken were quarreling and going through a cooling period, Diana decided to have sex with Ken as claimed by Priscilla.)

3. Miss Emily Tan Shi Yin

Hp number 90293944
Did not fulfill payment obligations


4. Mr Julian Lee

Hp number 84888098
Did not fulfill payment obligations


5. Miss Carmen Lum

Hp number 96318641
Did not fulfill payment obligations


6. Miss Ong Ming Yi

Hp number 97503361
Did not fulfill payment obligations


7. Miss Mercy Joy

Hp number 93837436

She is mentally unstable and was seen to be mumbling to herself during tutoring sessions.

8. Miss Esther Goh Gek Puay

Hp number 93383880

Last known address: Blk 664B Jurong West st 64, #09-228, S(642664)

 She refused to pick up calls after receiving confirmed assignments.


 9. Miss Angela Wong

angelawong_he@hotmail.com Hp number 82689251

She was confirmed for a tuition centre teaching stint, but never showed up.



10. Mr Wong Kin Leong and wife Sharon Wong of Edukate
Teacher behaving suspiciously and inappropriately towards young children and centre not open for scheduled lessons (see post #32 of thread)

Full Disclosure Blacklist E



The list expands with part E. More names are included in the hall of shame. All are guilty, and attempts to threaten with legal action will be disregarded totally. Errant tutors/tuition agencies/centres have only themselves to blame for being “featured” here. Members of the public who wish to contribute information about other guilty individuals or organizations, leave a comment with relevant evidence to substantiate your accusations. More lists shall be added with time. ( Over time, some of these tutors may try to scrub clean their images by having web links from cited sources deleted, but black sheep will always remain black sheep. Mud sticks forever.)

Blacklisted tutors

1. Miss Mabel Tan Hui Ping
This tutor collected agency fee payment and went missing

2. Mr Chua Ren Cheng
Disgraced teacher Chua Ren Cheng was a head of department in charge of selecting MOE scholars at the ministry

3. Miss Rachel Neubronner
Took commission of $180 and refused to pay despite many reminders

4. Miss Simran Jit Toor
NRIC number: S9620793Z
(Studied at Anderson Secondary and Singapore Polytechnic-Diploma in Human Resource With Human Psychology)
Accepted assignment yet failed to turn up for first lesson

5. Miss Soufi Raisa
(Unconfirmed intelligence cites her as being a slimly built lady adorned with facial piercings; she is reported to frequent Circular Road for activities we do not wish to speculate on)
Tutor hits girl 5 times with stacks of papers


Blacklisted tuition agencies/centres

1. Jiang Education Pte Ltd

a. Once bitten at Fu Lu Shou Chinese Enrichment Centre ( by TU1 of Kiasu Parents Forums, filed under the rants section which the public has restricted access to, dated 25 September, 2013)

"My DD who has been at the Chinese enrichment centre for 7 months. Results were improving. Then few weeks back, my DD complained the PRC teacher ruffled her head and asked to speed up her work. Then yesterday, when we fetch from the centre, she came out sobbing! My DD told me that the PRC kicked her table which hit her tummy and told her to complete her work faster. Poor DD crying and completing her work in class. I confronted the PRC and questioned her. She claimed it was accidental, however, after some probbing she denied the act! I went to talk to the principal and she asked us to bring DD to see a doctor and claim from the teacher and not from the school! When I ask why not the school and why the teacher behave in such a unruly manner. The principal said that the young PRC teacher is not married and do not know how to handle kids! She then pushed me over to the manager and subsequently to her daughter - both cannot answer our questions! But the manager decided to apologize on the teacher's behalf and asked us not to pursue the matter! When my husband enquired about the rules and procedures of the tuition centre in handling such incidents, we only received a simple apology and no further response!

We have withdrawn our DD and will be lodging a formal report to MOE, MOM, MCYS and the centre itself.We want to know the standard, selection criteria of their teachers and if there were any past incidents and what actions were taken by the centre and the relevant government agencies?"

b. She grabbed my ear and forced my head on the table! ( comment posted by Michelle Ho Jia Le at www.bullybeware.com , dated July 4, 2013)

"My teacher is constantly bullying me, asking me to shut up and physically abusing me. She grabbed my ear and forced my head on the table! If anyone of you want to know who this teacher is, she is Ms Ye the English teacher in Jiang Education Pte Ltd in Singapore."


2. Radiance student care centre

Child abuse in Serangoon student care centre‏ ( by Star of Kiasu Parents Forums, filed under the rants section which the public has restricted access to, dated 1 May, 2010)


"Hi parents out there, just sharing with you on my personal experience with a badly run student care centre (by a Buddhist welfare society) in Serangoon Ave 3 , directly opposite Yangzheng Pri . The incident happened two weeks ago, my son turned on the tap and wet the uniform of a boy when the latter left it in the wash basin while having shower. The Indian teacher in the centre scolded him and gave him a big tight slap on this cheek. Do you consider this child abuse? Apart from the physical abuse, how do you think the child will be affected emotionally? When confronted, the supervisor refused to let the teacher talk to me and the teacher kept avoiding me. If her conscience is clear, she should clarify with him right? She gave me a ridiculous explanation saying that my son lied and it’s just a light tap on the shoulder!!?? She also refused to refund the deposit as she initially agreed to do so over the phone.

On the same day, I also witnessed another case of child abuse happening at the student care. I was shocked to see the uncle of a boy spanking his face left right non-stop. It was outright abusive as the boy’s head kept hitting the glass panel with the continuous spanking. I was very disturbed by the whole scene but amazingly the supervisor and teachers were busy complaining to parents about how badly their children were misbehaving and ignoring the whole thing. I asked the supervisor why she did not step in and she said the boy’s mum gave the boy’s uncle permission to discipline him in such an abusive manner!! I was thinking if the mum asked the teacher to hit the child when he misbehaves, may be they will do that..What kind of student care is this when they allow their children to witness such abusive acts at their doorstep??

So parents out there, be careful when you choose a student care centre for your child and don’t be misled by the wonderful programme they always claimed that they can offer. Most importantly the centre must provide a safe and healthy environment for our kids."


3. Tuition Era LLP
Beware of this unethical tuition agency - Tuition Era LLP

Further information was forwarded to us by the victim. She said:
"Back in 2011, Tuition Era LLP, operated by two brothers, Richard and Philip Tan engaged me for an assignment. The fees for the entire month was to be $480. They sent me an email confirmation with the following terms:

1.Please note that you will have to start and complete a minimum period of 1 month for the tuition assignment upon replying to the confirmation email if not a penalty of $80.00 will be imposed upon the tutor.

2. There will be no payment for the lessons taught for any misconduct by the tutor resulting in the termination by the parent within the first month.

On the first lesson, Tuition Era collected $240 from the parent and shortly after, the parent cancelled the tuition stating the following:

1.Her children are both sick and require many days of rest.
2. Her children's examinations are almost over.
3.Her youngest son is extremely noisy and disruptive, and is a distraction to her daughters.
4.Her daughters are not willing to ask questions during tuition due to their personality.

I asked her if she was unhappy about my tutoring or if it was misconduct on my part and she insisted that it has nothing to do with me. As I was worried that the agency would use the above terms as an excuse to forfeit my fees, I requested that the parent explain the situation to the agency when phoning them to terminate the tuition assignment. Shortly after, I contacted the agency, explaining again that even though the assignment was terminated, it was not due to misconduct on my part. I offered to pay them a nominal fee for the referral but not the entire $240 as I was not given the chance to carry on with the tuition, even though it was not due to my misconduct.

I called them multiple times using various numbers and they kept delaying the case, insisting they will look into it when the case was in fact very clear cut. Subsequently they stopped answering all my calls, and I realised they had changed contact numbers to avoid my calls.

I brought up the case to the Small Claims Tribunal but as written in my forum post, there is next to nothing I can do to recover the money. The judgement sent to them by the court was promptly ignored. I have taught 5 lessons (total fees $300) but was only paid $60 in total (by the parent). At that point, I decided to not pursue the case and move on.

Imagine my shock when I received an assignment from Tuition Era (using another phone number) on Saturday (12 July 2014). Not knowing that it was them at first, I accepted the assignment and discovered, while speaking with the parent that I had accepted an assignment from the company that scammed me. I politely declined the assignment and explained briefly to the parent why I couldn't take up the assignment. I then called Richard Tan and politely requested that he pay me the amount that was owed to me. At first, he tried to feign ignorance, saying that he was not aware of the Small Claims case, nor received any judgement from the court. He even asked if I will still be carrying on with the assignment. When I told him that I had explained to the parent that I will not be taking up the assignment, he turned nasty and started insulting me. He laughed and said that he was actually aware of the case but just didn't want to pay me. He told me to proceed with legal proceedings and said that even if he has to pay, he will throw the money on the ground for me to pick.

The company has 2 registered addresses and 1 address which I had requested he include in the confirmation email:

Tuition Era LLP, Co Reg: T09LL188OL
663A Jurong West Street 65 #12-283 S641663
183C Boon Lay Avenue #12-742 S643183
Maysprings, 2 Petir Road S678265 Tower 2B #08-09

Here are the coordinators' contact details:
Richard Tan Siong Lee/Tai, S8422656D
Mobile : +65 97727747

Philip Tan Siong Lee/ Tai, S8304432B
Mobile: 91818618
DID: +65 63396318
E-Mail: tuitionerateam@gmail.com    "


4. Edupoint Tuition Agency
Received nuisance sms from Edupoint

In addition, Edupoint removed a negative comment placed on its Facebook page. The exact comment:"SPAM AGENCY. SPECIALIZED IN SPAMMING SMS NON-STOP!"

Full Disclosure Blacklist D


The list expands with part D. More names are included in the hall of shame. All are guilty, and attempts to threaten with legal action will be disregarded totally. Errant tutors/tuition agencies/centres have only themselves to blame for being “featured” here. Members of the public who wish to contribute information about other guilty individuals or organizations, leave a comment with relevant evidence to substantiate your accusations. More lists shall be added with time. ( Over time, some of these tutors may try to scrub clean their images by having web links from cited sources deleted, but black sheep will always remain black sheep. Mud sticks forever.)

Blacklisted tutors

1. Miss Tuty Alawiyah ( may not be her real name, but alarm bells should ring if she gives her name as such)
Tutor Fraud

2. Miss Annie Chan Hui Li

anniechan333@hotmail.com
Hp number 91382100
Last known address: Blk 356 Woodlands Ave 5, S(740356)

She is known to be an exceptionally arrogant, stuck-up lady who thinks the world owes her a living just because she graduated from NUS. Confirmed by multiple sources she had displayed very poor, rude attitudes towards agents making enquiries.

3. Miss Laxmi Devaindran

Hp number 98729941
Last known address: Blk 532 Serangoon Ave 4, #05-329, S(550532)

She was a no-show for the first two lessons of a confirmed assignment and provided sheepish excuses to explain her absences.

4. Mr Liew Min Ho Gary

gzar11@yahoo.com
Hp number 91088837
Last known address: 61 Lengkok Bahru, #07-466, S150061

He previously wasted time of agents by asking utterly irrelevant, silly questions about tuition assignments; also excessively paranoid. Not particularly serious about seeking tutoring work.

5.Miss Wong Sze Ting

still_still@hotmail.com
Hp number 92361106
Last known address: 15 Jurong West Ave 5

She was unable to turn up for lesson, yet only informed the parent at the very last moment.

6. Mr James Rohan Fernando
Music teacher jailed for sex with minor

7. Mrs Koo Dai Wan
In a span of 11 months, more than 12 complaints have popped up over the internet against the same piano teacher

8. Miss Yong Xin Mei
Main cause of Miss Yong being a crook, is her terrible vice of gambling. (see post #20 of thread)

9. Miss Joanne Chiew
Beware of this music teacher


Blacklisted tuition agencies/ tuition centres

1. IDY Learning Centre
Poor work environment, management issues, unethical ways of doing things
Unqualified interns teaching and playing games during class

2. Whizland Education & Consultants

Managing director Mr John P. Kiramathypathy was known to not pay his teachers on time. In addition, it was established he failed to make CPF contributions for some of his employees. His personal hp number is 90291182.

3. Feng Hua Language Studies Centre
Not professional. Rules are not transparent. Do not have student's interest.

Full Disclosure Blacklist C


Errant tutors/tuition agencies/centres have only themselves to blame for being “featured” here. Members of the public who wish to contribute information about other guilty individuals or organizations, leave a comment with relevant evidence to substantiate your accusations. More lists shall be added with time. ( Over time, some of these tutors may try to scrub clean their images by having web links from cited sources deleted, but black sheep will always remain black sheep. Mud sticks forever.)

Blacklisted tutors

1. Mr Koh ( BeSmart Learning Place)
Beware of lousy tuition centre which cheated us of our money

2. Mr Kho Thong Liang
Inappropriate comment made on Facebook page: I hope LKY dies soon

3. Mr Perry Lai Kok Fai
By his own admission, he broke a $45K MOE bond in late 2007 to join Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group. He was formerly teaching at Kent Ridge Secondary, and is now a full time tutor.

4. Mr Sherfeeq ( www.olevelcoach.com)
Masquerading as satisfied customer for own establishment in forum

5. Miss Daisy Pious
Tutor cons parents with bogus service


Blacklisted tuition centres

1. The Ballet And Music Company

a. The Ballet And Music Company is a cheat and unprofessional ( by shinyurei of Kiasu Parents Forums, filed under the rants section which the public has restricted access to, dated 4 March, 2013)

" I also have the same problem with the school. I have been taking piano and vocal lessons from them for almost coming 1.5 years @Katong 112. Recently I wanted to pull out of the piano due to health reasons and wanted to continue with the singing.
I wrote an e-mail to them dated 21st of February 2013 to tell them March will be my last 4 lessons and to return the deposit end of the month of March. They e-mailed me to ask me for reasons and later another e-mail to tell me I didn't give a month notice. I called the school and they said everything was a misunderstanding and they have accepted my notice and deposit to be returned at the end of March.

I went for lessons as usual in February for the last lesson of the month and paid for singing before the lesson. I told them I will settle the piano another day. After 45 min, a lady named Li-Hua pulled me aside and told me all my lessons including piano and singing were terminated and my deposit is to be confiscated.

I was so angry I asked Li-Hua to call their boss or immediate supervisor. They refused and said the decision was final. I called the police. When the police arrived, they said their senior manager is coming down to settle the problem. The police together with me and my parents waited for hours and no show. Theodicy said they gone blue turtle. As we we were leaving, the lady Li-Hua said that they made a mistake and that the only lesson that was terminated and deposit confiscated is the piano, because I didn't serve a full month of March. It is still unfair as it hasn't happened yet and they terminate. I feel so cheated.
I wrote them e-mails and the bosses refused to settle with me up till date. Now I gave them some time to reply, refund my money total $770/- and f they don't, I will immediately file my claims in the sub-court. Beware of this company The Ballet And Music Company."

b. The Ballet And Music Company left my little girl in the public corridor floor outside their school all by herself (by Ashellie of Kiasu Parents Forums, filed under the Music, Singing, Speech and Drama section, dated 8 July, 2014)

"My daughter is coming age 5 and started learning ballet at 112 Katong. Tonight I had went 20 minutes earlier to the school to 'wait' for her and was surprised to find her sitting on the floor on the shopping Mall's corridor with a domestic helper who was waiting for her employer's child to finish lesson. I went to ask the receptionist what happen and she said that my gal was crying cause she was frightened when her teacher played a song with animals sound in it. She added that my girl was disturbing other pupils (3 other students) with her crying and therefore she had brought her out from her class. When I questioned why she did not called us she replied that it just happened and she said she was taking care of her (when I reached, my gal was not crying and this woman was at her desk where she is not be able to see my daughter). She added that she thought that the domestic helper is ours when she is not. She did not alert us immediately but just left my gal w a stranger and let her sit in front of their school unit on a public mall corridor floor. She keeps insisting that she did nothing wrong till I ask for her school management to call me back which she replied I can only write email in. I cannot imagine what might have happen if my gal had just walked away or wandered off and this woman just simply tries to brush off the fact that my gal was crying and disturbing the class??!! I went to the mall management to request to see the CCTV but was told that I have to lodge a police report. The security supervisor who called me later added that the school CCTV will have a better footage of what happen. My husband called the woman and this time she apologised but still refuses to reveal any number or contact person for us to speak to only mentioned that she had wrote an email in for school office to respond tomorrow. I am so angry, how can she pull my gal out from class and not bother to alert us?? What right does she have to leave my girl in the public just because she was 'crying'?? She left my girl with a helper whom she simply presumed is ours?? And this school is suppose to be a prestigious ballet school?? Yet we can only wait for an email reply when something like this happens? I tried looking at their school website and found no head office telephone or personnel contact. I just cannot imagine if something happens to my little gal...."



2. The Learning Lab

Beware The Learning Lab ( by sharkfin of Kiasu Parents Forums, filed under the rants section which the public has restricted access to, dated 17 March, 2013)

" I enrolled my son in their maths program for Pri 5 and he was accepted without any test. I just declared he just scored 80% for all his results. He, I was told was accepted by "The Team".

On the day of the first lesson, I brought my son to United Square for registration. It was chaotic. There was no admin office just a counter for payment and for students to print their lesson coupon. After registration, the staff, after my objection that my son find his way alone to his class on his first day, brought him to his class. This was when it all started. She brought him to a wrong class. For 90 min no one realized he was in an English class for secondary school students. My son was in an unfamiliar environment, traumatized. He said he wanted to ask the teacher but it seems the teacher was too busy. For 90 min, the teacher seemed to ignore a new student probably in transit or make-up lesson. I was very angry, and they said they will arrange for a make-up lesson. After further thought, I think my son will further waste his time and my money re-attending the first lesson as a transit student, so I decided to pull him out of the program with The Learning Lab. The frustrating thing with TLL is you are dealing with faceless people on the phone as there is no admin office or office manager to speak to. On the phone, you will speak to them and they will refer the matter to the mysterious " The Team". As my son has not attended a single lesson, I wanted a full refund, they insist I pay for the registration fee as well and that they will not refund the $90 initial deposit plus the $120 GST. I lost close to $300 without my son having attended a single proper lesson. Parents beware when you enroll your child as you will be dealing with "The Team". It seems they only take in bright students so that they can brag about their program."


3. Lee Community College
Beware of Singapore and Malaysia degree mills

Full Disclosure Blacklist B




The list expands with part B. More names are included in the hall of shame. All are guilty, and attempts to threaten with legal action will be disregarded totally. Errant tutors/tuition agencies/centres have only themselves to blame for being "featured" here. Members of the public who wish to contribute information about other guilty individuals or organizations, leave a comment with relevant evidence to substantiate your accusations. More lists shall be added with time. ( Over time, some of these tutors may try to scrub clean their images by having web links from cited sources deleted, but black sheep will always remain black sheep. Mud sticks forever.)

Blacklisted tutors

1. Miss Shelyn Ho Xin Yi
Advice needed on unethical tutor ( Her NRIC number is S9433716Z , HP number is 90189556)

2. Mr Benjamin Lee Kee Tat
Tutor jailed for sexually molesting pupil

3. Mr Augustine Joseph
 Part-tutor jailed 10 weeks for cheating

4. Mr Kittredge Chan Lead Whye
  Tutor jailed for molest

5. Mr Philip Lim Beng Cheok
Maths tutor gets 18 years for abusing pupils

6. Miss Teng
Piano teacher-terrible experience

Scammed by piano teacher

How to deal with music teacher who get paid and didn't turn up?

7. Miss Celine Loi (Joss sticks Mathematics)
 Tuition centre's untrue claims of possession of 2014 GCE O Level examination papers

Blacklisted tuition agencies/tuition centres

1. Just Education Tuition Agency ( Winnie)
Unethical tuition agent who exploits and scams tutors 

Winnie refuses to pick up my calls

2. Trust tuition agency
Trust tuition agency-a cheating agency, beware

3. Lewin Education Centre
 Lousy tuition centre, out to make money only

4. BCS International College@Bedok
Lousy BCS International College-don't sign up for their courses

Full Disclosure Blacklist A



Every name cited here had demonstrated conduct unbecoming of a tutor/tuition agency/tuition centre in one way or another. No request for removal of entries within this website shall be entertained. Threatening legal action will be futile. Members of the public who wish to contribute information about other guilty individuals or organizations, leave a comment with relevant evidence to substantiate your accusations. More lists shall be added with time. ( Over time, some of these tutors may try to scrub clean their images by having web links from cited sources deleted, but black sheep will always remain black sheep. Mud sticks forever.)

Blacklisted tutors


1. Mr Kelvin Ong Wee Leong
'Gifted' private tutor told by MOE to stop lying

2. Dr Zhong Rui Wen
PRC woman says she has MBBS in child psychology from NUS

3. Mr Ng Foo Keong
Teacher cum part time online troll- Ng Foo Keong

4. Miss Sherina Koh
Tuition centre ordered to stop objectionable ad

Blacklisted tuition agencies

1. My Tuition Club (MTC)
Bad experience with My Tuition Club
Bad experience with tuition agency My Tuition Club

2. Starzest Tuition Agency
Horror stories of tuition agencies (see last post on page)
Tuition agency is first to be charged for breach of DNC registry laws
Starzest tuition agency is a spammer

3. Alex Medallion Tuition Agency
Alex Medallion tuition service is very bad.