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Following the 2011 general election, the ruling party PAP recognized that high ministerial pay was one of the contributing factors towards its narrowest election victory in the history of Singapore. As such, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong assembled a Ministerial Salary Review Committee headed by Gerard Ee in June 2011 to review politicians’ remuneration.
Subsequently, the Ministerial Salary Review Committee rendered its report on 30 Dec 2011, and released it to the public on 4 Jan 2012. The proposal was eventually adopted by the government resulting in various ministerial pay-cuts.
The committee decided to engage HR company, Mercer (Singapore) Pte Ltd, to support the committee’s work with their technical expertise on human resource and remuneration issues after assessing bid proposals from three HR companies.
The government paid a total of S$860,000 to Mercer for engaging its help to support Gerard Ee and his team.
DPM Teo Chee Hean revealed this in a written answer to Parliament in response to a question from Workers’ Party MP Pritam Singh.
Mr Teo added that the chairman and members of the Ministerial Salaries Review Committee were all volunteers and they were not paid any fees.
There were also civil servants supporting the committee logistically and administratively on a part-time basis but continuing with their primary roles and duties in the civil service.
Mr Teo said no other additional cost was incurred by the government in relation to the appointment of the Ministerial Salaries Review Committee.
Following the 2011 general election, the ruling party PAP recognized that high ministerial pay was one of the contributing factors towards its narrowest election victory in the history of Singapore. As such, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong assembled a Ministerial Salary Review Committee headed by Gerard Ee in June 2011 to review politicians’ remuneration.
Subsequently, the Ministerial Salary Review Committee rendered its report on 30 Dec 2011, and released it to the public on 4 Jan 2012. The proposal was eventually adopted by the government resulting in various ministerial pay-cuts.
The committee decided to engage HR company, Mercer (Singapore) Pte Ltd, to support the committee’s work with their technical expertise on human resource and remuneration issues after assessing bid proposals from three HR companies.
The government paid a total of S$860,000 to Mercer for engaging its help to support Gerard Ee and his team.
DPM Teo Chee Hean revealed this in a written answer to Parliament in response to a question from Workers’ Party MP Pritam Singh.
Mr Teo added that the chairman and members of the Ministerial Salaries Review Committee were all volunteers and they were not paid any fees.
There were also civil servants supporting the committee logistically and administratively on a part-time basis but continuing with their primary roles and duties in the civil service.
Mr Teo said no other additional cost was incurred by the government in relation to the appointment of the Ministerial Salaries Review Committee.
