Goh Chok Tong covered this issue almost two decades ago so there is no point of bringing it up again.
First, the wage cost of all the political office-holders will be $34 million after this pay revision. There are three million Singaporeans. What is the cost of Government per capita? $11 per year or about five plates of “char kway teow” per Singaporean. GCT - Parliamentary Debate 30 June 2000