~by: Ravi Philemon~ “If the annual salary of the Minister of Information, Communications and the Arts is only $500,000, it may pose some problems when he...
~by: Howard Lee~ With the long and extensive debate on ministerial pay – in traditional media, online media, and most recently in Parliament – the last...
~by: C L Cheong~ From time to time a spate of flash floods would trigger off public concern and debate for a while. While newspaper reports...
~by: Tan Yin Hoe~ The Ministerial salary issue, says Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, should not be just about the amount of money. That is precisely...
~by: Ellery Aruldoss~ It was in a packed seminar room in Singapore Management University (SMU) that ONE (SINGAPORE) held its forum on ‘Child Prostitution, Human Trafficking...
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~by: Ravi Philemon~ Many Singaporeans, I believe, will agree that Ministers should be free from undue financial distractions and so, in general would not begrudge the...
~by: Leong Sze Hian~ I refer to the article “Mobility in S’pore ‘higher than previously thought'” (Today, Jan 13). It states: Having poor or less-educated fathers...
~by: Teo Soh Lung~ The recent decision in the motion filed by M Ravi, lawyer for Ramalingam Ravinthran complaining that in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion,...
the following is a brief report of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’a speech in Parliament today on Ministerial salaries: — Speaking in Parliament today, PM Lee...
~by: Siew Kum Hong~ The Straits Times ran a story on PAP MPs’ rebuttals of Mr Chen Show Mao’s speech on ministerial salaries. [note: the ST story is completely...
~by: 陳胤豪 ~ 「政治职位薪金检讨委员会」最近公布的检讨报告,其中仍以企业界顶薪为计算基准的做法,引发争议。反对意见一方面认为新薪资的绝对数字还是过高,另一方面则认为标准不够合理,有违从政者的奉献精神。 委员会的主要考虑则是:薪金必须具有「竞争力」,以免「适当人才」对从政望之却步。(Salaries must be competitive so that people of the right calibre are not deterred from stepping forward to lead the country.)[1]因此仍旧必须与私企顶薪挂勾。为了体现从政者的「奉献精神」,薪金基准会在这个数额上扣除一定百分比,作为为民服务的「牺牲」。(Political service...
the following is Workers’ Party MP Chen Show Mao’s speech in Parliament on Ministerial Salary Review: Mr Speaker Sir, The Workers’ Party view the committee’s report...
~by: Leong Sze Hian~ I refer to the advertisement notice in the media on the increase in the electricity tariff. The chart (see HERE) shows the...
~by: Ellery Aruldoss~ Hanako sits comfortably at one end of the sofa, her arms clasped gently in front of her. She answers my questions with sincere...