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I have hesitated commenting on the ministerial pay cuts but after watching the news and reading the Straits Times (5 Jan 2012), I needed to BLOG.IT.OUT. ‘In principle, we agree’ In the Straits Times article, ‘How benchmark model is picked’ (ST, 5 Jan 2012), it was reported that while the review committee ‘agreed with... 

王先生如是说： 傅海燕应该考虑辞职 新加坡有着世界最高薪的部长，如果我没记错的话，他们已经保持这个世界纪录达20年。这项记录在本地引起民众的强烈不满，尤其是过去的十年，当这个政府拿不出太耀眼的政绩出来炫耀的时候。 现在，终于要减部长薪水了，虽然减了之后（如果从巴仙率来看，是相当可观的36%），仍然还是没丢失世界纪录的荣衔。这说明什么？任何阿斗都知道，就是部长的薪水是被高估了这么多年了。 但是却有个傅海燕半路杀出（是个政务部长什么的），在她的脸书上留下这样的话： “当... 

PAP leaders are the first to assert vehemently that they are in politics to serve the people. But are they really or is it because of the astronomical salaries they pay themselves out of taxpayers' money? They can holler till the cows come home but few, if any, of the politically-conscious Singaporeans will swallow that...