these farkers have been saying these few weeks that the
candidate should have integrity. That's an indirect way of implying
that they have plenty of that.
Now let's have a BIG DOSE
of INTEGRITY:
This Should Make You Puke
March 11th, 2011
| Author: Online
Press
While
the whole wide world braces for the impact of price increases in
oil, food and commodities, Parliament has quietly moved to increase
the selected president’s salary to $4,267,500, a hefty 20.8%
quantum jump of $890,700. That’s double the percentage increase of
the financial assistance package for the poor, which was recently
adjusted from $360 to $400 per month.
If
you haven’t spewed your morning coffee yet, listen to this.
Minister Thaman proposed the change for “recruitment of an
additional staff officer to support the work of the Council of
Presidential Advisers and a butler manager to meet increased demand
for butler services, and the high variable payments on account of a
strong economic growth”. We know from Tom Plate’s account that Lee
Kuan Yew has two staff just to provide hot towels for his aching
bones, but are there so many butlers there in the Istana that they
need a “butler manager” to supervise the servants? It’s bad enough
to read of “higher variable payments”, Tharman also uses the term
‘”ad hoc spending”. Does the national budget also have a YOG styled
“other costs” accounting entry?
Tharman tried to downplay
the gross abuse of public funds by saying that the total
expenditure for the “Civil List for the President of the Republic
of Singapore” will be the same as the revised 2010 figure of
$11,605,000. What he did not say to the public is that the original
2010 figure was $10,354,700. Why and when was the number “revised”
by $1,250,300 to $11,605,000? Just in time for the 2011
budget?
By
the way, while sky rocketing COEs are threatening the affordability
of cars for those who need to drive for work purposes, these guys
have also decided that the president needs a new office car. Are we
even on the same planet?
.
The amounts
given below are correct before yesterday's announcement of an
increase in President Nathan's salary
Top 30
Highest Paid Politicians in the World (Information obtained from
the internet)
Clean sweep by tiny Singapore to be in the Guinness Book of
Records!
Top 30 highest paid politicians in the world and they are all from
Singapore.
(All
amounts exclude
bonuses.)
1.
Elected President SR Nathan - S$3.9 million.
2. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong - S$3.8 million.
3. Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew - S$3.5 million.
4. Senior Minister Goh Chok Thong - S$3.5 million.
5. Senior Minister Prof Jayakumar - S$3.2 million.
6. DPM & Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng - S$2.9
million.
7. DPM & Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean - $2.9 million.
8. Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo - S$2.8 million.
9. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan - S$2.7 million.
10. PMO Minister Lim Boon Heng - S$2.7 million.
11. Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang - S$2.7
million.
12. PMO Minister Lim Swee Say - S$2.6 million.
13. Environment Minister
& Muslim Affairs Minister Dr Yaccob Ibrahim - S$2.6
million.
14. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan - S$2.6 million.
15. Finance Minister S Tharman - S$2.6 million.
16. Education Minister & 2nd Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen
- S$2.6 million.
17. Community Development Youth and Sports Minister - Dr Vivian
Balakrishnan - S$2.5 million.
18. Transport Minister & 2nd Minister for Foreign Affairs
Raymond Lim Siang Kiat - S$2.5 million.
19. Law Minister & 2nd Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam -
S$2.4 million.
20. Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong - S$2.2 million.
21. PMO Minister Lim Hwee Hwa - S$2.2 million.
22. Acting ICA Minister - Lui Tuck Yew - S$2.0 million.
23 to 30 = Senior Ministers of State and Ministers of State - each
getting between S$1.8 million to S$1.5
million.
Compared to other
Countries' Leaders:
Donald
Tsang Yum-Kuen - Hong Kong (S$716k)
Barack Obama - United States (S$555k)
Nicolas Sarkozy - France (S$441k)
Angela Merkel - Germany (S$420k)
Gordon Brown - UK (S$387k)
Taro Aso - Japan (S$337k) Total of all 6:
S$2,856,000
First day living in Singapore? 