Basic factual errors of Vikram Nair's speech in parliament

[Confuseous]

Dear Mr Vikram Nair,

I refer to the 18 Jan 2012 Straits Times report of your parliamentary comments.

You said “elitist” is too strong a word to describe pegging of ministerial salaries to the top 1,000 earners. Consider the following:

•“the PAP leaders have an elitist view of human nature” from page 205 of the book “Public Administration Singapore-Style” by Jon S. T. Quah
•“Policy formulation in Singapore is elitist in nature” from page 108 of the book “Management of success: the moulding of modern Singapore” edited by Kernial Singh Sandhu, Paul Wheatley
•“a deeply entrenched elitist conception of how Singapore society should be structured. Lee Kuan yew articulated this clearly …” from page 174 of the book “Singapore in the new millennium: challenges facing the city-state” by Derek Da Cunha
•“PAP government’s well entrenched elitist philosophy” from page 61 of the book “Educational decentralization: Asian experiences and conceptual contributions” by Christopher Björk
Thus, several authors didn’t feel “elitist” is too strong a word to describe the PAP government. Neither should it be too strong to describe pegging of ministerial salaries to the top 1,000 earners.

More...
- http://trulysingapore.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/wp-proposals-on-pay-not-that-different/

 

[BuiKia]

Actually who came up with the word in the first place?