S'pore's ministers pay "lags behind private sector benchmark

last SG · 2006-11-29T17:37:13+00:00

Don't be an investment idiot!!! There's no one in this world would ask someone else to come and make money from me or us. No one in this world will build or...

TYING SG

The ministers might be earning as you say, less than 100k. But have you stop to think that they have a mountain of business at the back through the connections and contacts they have in their career as a politician to earn the other big bucks?

I think you are just being superficial. ( And this is my personal opinion.)

Hogzilla SG

That's why all those in ruling party tells you stop whining and do something to change the situation.

Then they think, "We should do as we preach", so they didn't complain about their high pay and get themselves a higher pay lor.

I have to remind you that she is working part-time as a MP. And btw, WE are paying for her hip-hop lesson.

No, they have announced. They announced that the pay hike for civil servants, at the expenses of GST hike, will be used to retain talents for the public sector so that they can serve Singaporeans better and all Singaporeans will have a better life, including the lower income group.

No wonder Madam Wong Ming Yang committed suicide. The then three week old Lee Yi Peng was blaming her for giving born to him as a mildly autistic albino.

Thanks to his "blaming", he had lost his biological mother and to be brought up by a stepmother.

Hogzilla SG

Oh, btw, I am sorry that this statement (may it be true or fictional) hurts anyone's feeling.

TYING SG

hey hogzilla!
What you mean part time MP? than how she contribute? I thought they say minister all work 24 hr one?

Hogzilla SG

They said, doesn't mean that it's the truth. All MPs are part-time work. That's why the oppositions (WP and SDA) said that their elected candidates will quit their full-time job after they got elected into the Parliament and serve the people full-time.

And then PAP repelled by saying, those who can't handle MP job and their full-time job well are incompetent and they shouldn't be elected into the Parliament. And now they are awarding themselves with a full-time pay.

Isn't it interesting how they slap their own face?

googoomuck SG

Hey, you can't say about the poor and ugly like that !

On that fateful day when you were conceived, what your father should have done was to have masterbated alone and then go to sleep, leaving the semen stayed where it was spilled, allowing the cockroaches to eat it all up at night.

Then there will be one less ProGovt atheist today, making Singapore and the world a better place for the poor and the ugly.

the Bear SG

Twisted Evil

TYING SG

Laughing

maurizio13 SG

Nobody asked them to give up their high paying job. They have to choose between making more money or making the lives of fellow Singaporeans better.

One man cannot serve two master.

Ponders SG

If i am not wrong, the benchmark is tied to top lawyers, accountants, bankers and other professionals in the private sector.

But if i am also not wrong, the PAP side of the parliament includes some top bankers, lawyers and other professionals.

So you see, they seem to be double paying themselves.

4getmenot SG

am i wrong to say that s’pore is the only country with this benchmark whereby the gahmen ministers salaries are pegged?

drawer SG

So our dear Goh Chok Tong is talking rubbish again,1st is "stayer or quitter",then is "bring in foreign talent",then it is the "peanuts incident" comes out from his wife mouth,whats next?Lou Goh next might claim his butts can slot in both Lou Lee n Young Lee cork? Mr. Green

dragg SG

it is also the only country where they keep saying that the only way to attract 'capable' people is by paying them higher salaries.

fudgester SG

How ironic. Laughing

Atobe SG

President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines was caught pilfering the National Treasury.

President Joseph Estrada of the Philippines - again - was also caught with unexplanable personal wealth, and bank accounts under pseudo-names.

President Suharto of Indonesia could hardly explain for wealth accumulated by his family, when none of his scions had any stellar education or career.

In the last hours of his rule, Saddam Hussein had his sons raid the National Treasure, and drive off truck loads of gold bars packed on pallets, and foreign currencies in large bundles.

All were stupid enough to be caught with unexplained wealth.

Is it not more proper when the National Treasury is raided, and emptied slowly, by way of legislation through Parliament ?

Afterall, the citizens of the country have elected their Parliamentary Representatives to vote on Bills and approved Legislations; and if those who are lucky enough to be able to cast their votes, will do so without batting an eyelid - to those who have approved such legislative pieces that approve the "raiding of the National Treasury" - will this represent national approval ?

What about the remaining Singaporeans who did not participate in the last few Elections ?

Should we not call for a Referendum on this matter ?

The Swiss Citizens hold referendums on any major issue that will have immediate or long term effects on their community, why should Singaporeans not have the same opportunity - if we aspire to the Swiss Standards ?

It is sheer greed for this Government to look for more ways to increase the grub which they possess, when their wages are more than 20 times the average Singaporean wage.

It is outrageous that they will think of increasing their own remunerations, while forcing hard pressed Singaporeans pay more for almost all essential services that are totally dependent on the Government.

On the one hand, the Government is attempting to correct budget imbalance by increasing GST, while on the other hand - waste and inefficiencies abound.

LHL is already preparing for the next election, and he certainly has to do it early enough as he is also rushing through - in quick succession - a series of obnoxious policies that will surely shrink the size of the Middle Income Group.

ProGovt SG

The people believed that all those leaders were righteous person when they were elected but they failed the people.

To them, corruption yields more value than what they stand to loose when they do so; and precisely why our Govt needs to pay good money to good people. Firstly to make it worth their time and secondly, so that they stand more to loose with corruption.

Surely, you can now see why our Ministers needs to be paid more. Haven't this system worked well for Singapore for the last 41 years?

I support the govt policies because looking at the bigger picture than oneself, I see the country benefiting more. It is a very fair system and one that only the most brilliant of minds can come out with. MM once said that every country has to find their own path that will befit their own country.

Increasing GST across the board is fair because you pay according to your spending habits. True that the lower income will suffer because they also need to pay GST for basic necessity but this will be offset by all the additional GST collected. And the end of the day, they stand to benefit more than anyone else.

The corporates are happy that taxes are down. The high income earners are happy because they get to keep their hard earned rewards and the lower income are happy because they get more help then ever.

You can't pleased everyone and it is only the small group of whiners that is complaining; and when you get frustrated and angry, the good ones is able to turn this into strength and get themselves out of the situtaion. It encourages fighting spirit and entrepreneurship; it makes the lazy and the incompetent to wake up from their idea and smell the reality.

Even God cannot help those that do not help themselves. So if you're unhappy because you feel that you're at the loosing end; then get off your lazy butt and do something!

I say this is the best strategy ever thought up. 3 cheers to PM Lee!

countdracula SG

3 cheers my behind....while refusing to have minimum wage for the lower income, they are insisting their own minimum income...poppycock....tens of thousands are earning incomes sub $1.5k and they are not lazy as you brand them....one minister's pay covers probably about 50000 of such folks....no one is begrudging good salaries for them, the current scale is more than sufficient and generous..and with the lifetime pension they will be receiving, the question is do they need more? anyone who has difficulty with a million dollar salary definitely lacks moral character...

in an open society, there is no shortage of people willing to serve and that includes the talented ones....developed countries' politicians are granted comfortable wages and many were successful in their private careers before joining politics..and they don't ask how much is the pay....here we have a unique situation where the so-called talents have tons of money thrown at them and promises of lifetime security....chan soon sen was a minister of sate, then lhl dumped him and weeks later chan was given a cushy job by an ex-mp in a quasi-govt co. so you see, these guys have no need for more money, they have the network....

Medicated Oil SG

Points to note:

- Most of the poodles are elected through the backdoor. The peasants did not vote for them as these junior poodes were brought in without any real test.

- Excellent Educational Qualification do not equal to High Moral. Just look at the mess caused by local professor. He was also "actively" involved in "community" work but his focus was bedding the foreign talent.

- Questions on whether the poodle's job is to serve the peasants or their master. Just look at the recent fee hike. Not one of them expressed any objection. They are only keen to learn how to dance.

- Are all the Poodles present at the weekly "Meet the Peasant" session or the stand-in were sent in ? Or they are only showing face when there are special boot-licking functions ?

- Gauge of performance for the Poodle. There is no accountability on the individual poodle's performance. So, on what basis can they ask for a raise ? If they want the money, solve the social problem and start doing some real work instead of all the wayang. They are elected to solve problems, not to show their face.

siaokao SG

Yawnz.. Rolling Eyes

eyebuzz SG

You cannot serve mammon AND the people's gospel? The surest way to close the wide gap is to lead by an imitable contentment - Anonymous

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