Political and Judicial salaries need to be further raised for things to operate smoothly in Singapore, otherwise, the civil service just cannot function properly according to PM Lee. Last revised 2007, overdue to increase PM Lee's salary ASAP i suppose....
N so poor thing, after exploiting the racial card to create GRCs rather than using the NCMP scheme to include a minimum number of opposition/minority race in parliament (if they cannot be voted in a fully SMC constituency elections as well as the NMP scheme so that the Islamic Mufti of Singapore can have his say like a reserved seat in parliament (as would the chief priest of ever other mainstream religion), the policies created by the PAP echo chamber parliament are disrespected by CEOs to the extent that politicians have to create a salary race with CEOs to get their respect and attention. If policies are not respectable, then perhaps, salary scale would be an acceptable decoy substitute :
"If the annual salary of the Minister of Information, Communication and Arts is only $500,000, it may pose some problems when he discuss policies with media CEOs who earn millions of dollars because they need not listen to the minister's ideas and proposals. Hence, a reasonable payout will help to maintain a bit of dignity."
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MP Lim Wee Kiak apologises for comments on pay
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