~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...
the following is a paid event advertisement: — Event Registration Link: http://stocktradingseminar.eventbrite.com/ Most investors lose money in the market for the basic reason that most investors lack...
~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...
the following is an interesting exchange extracted from Law and Foreign Minister, Mr K Shanmugam’s Facebook: K Shanmugam: Sc Weilun, I am trying to understand. Do...