Civil Servants' Pay Raise

<Precious> SG

I'm not at all conviunced about the justifications presented by PM Lee for the pay raise. Neither am I impressed with his offer to hold his pay for 5 years and donate any increase to a "worthy cause".

Rather than a blanket increase and the arguments about pegging ministers' pay to the private sector, perhaps the better alternative could be giving bonuses when the country's economy does well. This way, the ministers' pay will be adjusted to the economy's performance accordingly whereas a blanket increase means that after the increase, their pay will not be affected should the economic performance weaken......... Wink

the Bear SG

MINISTERS ARE NOT CIVIL SERVANTS!! Mad

if you only know the truth, a LOT of civil servants got NOTHING..

charlize SG

Really?

That sucks.

I thought all civil sevrnats will get some form of increment or increased bonuses.

Did they forget the 90% of regular civil servants working under them? Laughing

pearlie27 SG

i suspect this is only a pretext to raise the pay of the fat cat ministers!

mistyblue SG

Hey 6% is robust growth.
66.6% is strong mandate.
Based on reports on Newspapers, Singapore economy should be flying right now..
Budget 07 came out and what are the comments it got?

But is it true?
Look at reuters, bloomberg, AWSJ and etc...
who is going to measure their performance?
if not performing well, will they be removed from office?
who dares to check on their accounts?

valentinoo SG

govt think they r civil servants what...who are we to say otherwise Laughing

sir sickolot II SG

very good question.

Atobe SG

It was dis-ingenious to slip the pay increase of the Cabinet Ministers into the wage increases for the Civil Servants.

While the Civil Servants had pay increases of between 3 to 7 per cent, the Cabinet Ministers had pay increases of more between 22 to 33 per cent.

Cabinet Ministers are POLITICAL POSITIONS and the persons are ELECTED INTO THE POLITICAL OFFICE, while Civil Servants are NOT ELECTED by Singapore Citizens into their positions.

It is typical of this Ruling Political Party to tie unpopular policies into policies that will bring false cheer.

Was the Ruling Political Party attempting to placate the Civil Servants and gain their support for an even larger increase to their own wages ?

Totally dis-ingenious, as if Singaporeans continue to be sleeping.

greengoblin SG

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Not all civil servants are equal..... some are not equal than the others