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Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

On Singapore’s Ministerial salaries 2013-2017

Singapore's deputy prime minister Teo Chee Hean said in parliament: "all the components are within the framework of the S$1.1 million (salary for entry-level ministers) that was put in place in 2012.” He also said: "The salary structure is totally transparent. There are no hidden salary components or perks." Now, the S$1.1...

Disappointed in Janil Puthecheary’s nonsensical Parliamentary reply

I take strong issue with what Senior Minister of State for Transport, Janil Puthecheary, said in Parliament. He said that MRT station employees are not trained to chase after (or apprehend) people and the protocol is for them to call for help in the event of molestation. Superficially, what he said may sound reasonable. But...

Is it so hard for the DPM to answer a simple question on totalMinisterial Salaries?

Regarding the debate on Ministerial salaries, I have read the news and watched the parliamentary exchanges between Teo Chee Hean and Worker's MPs. For me, one important point stood out very repeatedly and unsatisfactorily. PAP's own MP Alex Yam and the WP MPs have asked a very basic, simple, straightforward and relevant question...

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