Ministerial pay cut: Singaporeans cannot be fooled
"A million dollars for a minister seems a lot when compared with the salary of a worker. But $34 million for all the ministers and political office-holders is a tiny drop compared with the increase in GDP that a good government can produce." This was how Mr Goh Chok Tong defended the ministerial salaries in 2000. Two factors...
Misunderstanding Grace Fu
These days, the PAP is a much-maligned lot. Netizens twisted Seng Han Thong’s totally innocuous remarks and claimed that he was, in effect, making a racially discriminatory remark when he was merely espousing bad spoken English and practising what he preached. Now, Grace Fu is accused of expecting high ministerial salaries...
Ministerial Pay – Why money should not be the carrot
Many people from all walks of life have commented on this issue for the past few days. The general response from the mainstream press is that the new system is deemed as “fair” and will placate the anger and anguish of ordinary Singaporeans who may struggle to earn in 1 month what a minister can earn in a single day. However...
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