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A letter to President SR Nathan1 comments
Published by Singapore Election.
http://www.singaporeelection.blogspot.com/
By: Charlie9
I e-mailed a letter and an amended letter to the Honourable
President of the Republic of Singapore.
January 26, 2007
Your Excellency
The Honourable President of the Republic of Singapore
Istana
Singapore
[via e-mail [email protected]]
Dear Sir,
Re: The Compensation for the President
I was surprised and shocked to hear that the Parliament of
Singapore considered it necessary and/or appropriate to increase
the annual salary for the President of the Republic of Singapore.
It appears that an annual bonus is also paid to the said President,
regardless whether or not it is necessary, without consideration
for the numerous needy and financially or medically or physically
challenged citizens.
Any fair minded compassionate individual who cares for his or her
fellow citizens would decline to accept the raise regardless
whether or not Parliament approved the increase and the amount of
the increase. It is not a matter that the President should be paid
a sufficiently high salary to ensure that he is not corrupt,
because I have heard that you are a person with integrity and one
of the most trusted and respected citizens of the Singapore. In
addition, any individual (who is retired) with a net worth of more
than $2 million, if not $5 million, would humbly notify the
government and the citizens that $2.6 million a year is too much,
and perhaps suggest that he or she would gladly accept $365,000 a
year or $1,000 a day (because almost everything is provided at the
Istana), and designate the difference of approximately $2.2 million
a year for fellow needy citizens. Otherwise, I urge you to
forthwith donate the said amount per year to your favourite
charitable organizations, and encourage others to do the
same.
With respect, I urge you to consider changing the perceived
materialistic attitude amongst Singaporeans, including the
extravagantly paid Ministers, very generously paid members of the
judiciary and senior civil servants, who do not consider service to
country and citizens before "market value based" compensation.
Please consider leaving a legacy by changing the perceived
materialistic image of Singapore and Singaporeans.
Yours respectfully,
CKL
i say he'll hit hit the "delete" button before reading the whole
thing.