"Simply put, he puts the current generation of PAP leaders to shame. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong complained before the May 2011 general election that his party had been unable to recruit good candidates from the private sector because many of them were unwilling to accept the “risks” associated with politics. In the past, Mr Lee Kuan Yew has also said that stratospheric multi-million dollar salaries were necessary in order to attract the brightest talents into public service."
http://thesatayclub.net/2011/07/a-shining-example-of-how-politicians-should-be/
http://thesatayclub.net/2011/07/a-shining-example-of-how-politicians-should-be/