Committee formed to review salaries of political appointment holders: Chan Chun Sing
Samuel Devaraj
Updated Mon, 12 January 2026 at 6:40 PM SGT
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Political salaries have not been adjusted since 2012, when the Government accepted a review committee’s recommendations which put in place the current salary framework.
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SINGAPORE – An eight-person committee has been formed to review the salaries of Singapore’s political appointment holders, which include all ministers and MPs.
Replying to a parliamentary question on Jan 12, Coordinating Minister for Public Services Chan Chun Sing said the committee has just been formed, and will submit its report to the Government when ready.
The committee is chaired by Mr Gan Seow Kee, who is chairman of the Singapore LNG Corporation and an alternate member of the Council of Presidential Advisers.
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Mr Chan, who is also Defence Minister, said the committee has been asked to recommend the appropriate salary levels based on the current salary framework, and to propose refinements where necessary so that the framework continues to be relevant.
Political salaries – including that for the President, Prime Minister, Speaker, Deputy Speaker and political office-holders – have not been adjusted since 2012, when the Government accepted a review committee’s recommendations which put in place the current salary framework.
Under the framework, ministerial salaries are benchmarked to the median income of the top 1,000 earners who are Singaporean citizens, with a 40 per cent discount to reflect the ethos of political service.
Those among the top 1,000 earners include people in senior management positions such as chief executives, chief operating officers and chief financial officers; people working in the financial services such as bankers, traders and asset managers; and professionals such as lawyers, doctors and accountants.