The Security Director of SombongIndustries Pte Ltd.  The company Chairman, Mr. Gus Daudwho sits in Indonesia requests that you submit a paper, Singapore

ASSESSMENT: INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

You have been appointed as the Security Director of SombongIndustries Pte Ltd.  The company Chairman, Mr. Gus Daudwho sits in Indonesia requests that you submit a paper on the private security industry in Singapore and in particular, wants you to address the following in your paper.

1. Key legal concerns and implications if security services are outsourced to private contractors such as security agencies.
2. The licensing scheme and criteria for security agencies, as well as the factors contributing to a Security Agency being negligent in contractual terms.
3. Discuss the scope and importance of Work Injury Compensation Insurance and Public Liability Insurance which is required of all employers in Singapore.
4. One of the key products and services that Sombong Industries provide is Health and Exercise Equipment for gyms and home use. Sombong organizes bi-annual Open House exhibitions for members of the public. In the past, some members of the public have been injured when they tested the exercise machines on display. Mr Gus Daud wants security personnel to be deployed to dissuade such activities without supervision from staff members, He also wants you to address this issue and needs to know whether Sombong Industries could escape liability by delegating it to private security contractors.

Your Chairman has made it very clear that he is dependent on you and trust that you will do sufficient reading and thinking in order to provide accurate and useful information to him. If you do a bad job, you can be assured that you will be demoted and transferred to the company’s waste processing plant in Siberia.