SINGAPORE: The government paid a total of
S$860,000 to human resource company Mercer (Singapore) Pte Ltd for
its work with the Ministerial Salaries Review Committee.
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean revealed this in a written
answer to Parliament. This was 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 an honorarium or any other fees.
At the start of the review in 2011, the chairman of the
committee, Mr Gerard Ee, had mentioned that the committee had a
small secretariat of civil servants. They were resource persons and
helped provide logistical and administrative support.
These civil servants supported the committee on a part-time
basis and continued with their primary roles and duties.
The committee engaged Mercer to support the committee’s work
with their technical expertise on human resource and remuneration
issues.
The committee had selected Mercer after assessing bid proposals
submitted by three companies.
Mr Teo said no other additional cost was incurred by the
government in relation to the appointment of the Ministerial
Salaries Review Committee.
-CNA/ac
