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Increase in Minister salaries.
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No perks outside salaries.
@Babe:LCL Danny 心 (1st HP):
1. We shouldn't shortchange anyone - be it workers, civil servants or Ministers. We should pay market values.
2. This will get the right talents for the right jobs.
Because getting Ministers is actually competing with the private sectors and civil service for the top talents.
Shortchanging salaries must not be deterrence from getting the right talents to be our Ministers that will fight to secure our future.
3. Because Singapore is such a small Country with no natural resources. Getting the top talents to run the Country - will ensure Singapore future will be with a safe pair of hands.
4. For 4 consecutive years, Singapore governance have been ranked the best in the World. This is the testimony we are on the right track - pay what is worth, what is the market values to attract the right talents for the Minister jobs to secure Singapore future.
Source:- Google Gemini AI
Singapore ranks at the very top of the Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) for four consecutive years, holding the number one global spot through 2026
Governance Ranking DetailsGlobal Position: Ranked first out of 133 evaluated countries
Pillars: Placed first globally in five out of seven categories:
- Leadership & Foresight
- Strong Institutions
- Financial Stewardship
- Attractive Marketplace
- Helping People Rise
5. KPI for Ministers is based on four socio-economic indicators weighted equally:-
a. The real median income growth rate of the average Singaporean,
b. the real income growth rate of the lowest 20th percentile of Singaporean income earners,
c. the unemployment rate of Singaporeans; and
d. the real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate.
These are KPI that directly benefit each and every Singaporeans and residents.
Why should Singaporeans not support the Minister's salaries revision that directly benefit every Singaporeans?
6. These are objective KPI that are quantifiable, measurable that only when the targets are met - will be given the revised salaries as defined in the framework.
7. No additional perks - no hanky panky other than the published revised salaries. Hence possibility of corruption is greatly reduced within the political appointees.
@Babe:8. Looking afar, we have one Head of State that refuse to accept any salary for its job to appeal to voters to vote him in - aloft in civil spiritedness, but mess up big in domestic economy, mess up global affairs, turn allies into adversaries etc.
Eventually, secretly he setup shady crypto currencies, shady business to earn billions from unsuspecting investors exploiting his position as the Head of State.
It is precisely such candidates that Singapore cannot afford to get as Ministers to helm the most important office in the Country
It looks noble, but is a bait that will plunge Singapore success, peace and prosperity into abyss.
9. It doesn't make sense that senior civil servants, Perm Sec salaries exceed Miinisters salaries where political Ministers are their boss and held more responsibilites on the Ministries they helm.
This is karmaically not correct - and hence must be rectified.
10. CEOs, bankers, top professionals are fetching way above the million $ that our Ministers are fetching, just to name a few :-
Highest-Paid Top Executives
UOB (United Overseas Bank): CEO Wee Ee Cheong led top corporate pay lists with around S$15.9 million.
DBS: Former CEO Piyush Gupta previously drew S$17.6 million, while successor Tan Su Shan pulled in a package of S$9.6 million in her first year leading the bank.
Singapore Airlines (SIA): CEO Goh Choon Phong received nearly S$9.7 million for the financial year, backed by record airline revenues.
Singtel: CEO Kuan Moon Yuen received a package totaling S$6.8 million
These CEOs responsibilities are only the profit and loss for their respective companies they helm.
Ministers' responsibilities go far beyond these - Economic growth, secure jobs for the population, ensure their income rises, better living standard, peaceful environment, safety, security, better health, better welfare, matter of live and death etc.
And Ministers' salaries are fractions of those top CEOs' pay - already a big discount for Ministers' remuneration.
@Babe:Hence I support Ministers salaries revision - to ensure salaries are not deterrent to attract the top talents to be the Ministers that will help to secure Singapore future, as well as each and every Singaporeans' future.
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After note:-
In his speech, Mr Wong said that the prime minister’s salary is set at twice the MR4 benchmark. This means that Mr Wong earns a total annual salary norm of S$3.6 million including bonuses, up from S$2.2 million presently.
“I have decided that, for the next five years – assuming I remain PM – I will donate the full increase in my salary arising from this adjustment,” he said.
He will continue to receive his salary as provided for under the framework, and will then “donate the increase to suitable good causes”, said Mr Wong.
“This is my own decision. I do not expect other office holders to do the same. As a general rule, I do not believe in making a public show of charitable giving."
Mr Wong said that, as prime minister, he carries the “ultimate responsibility” for the salary framework, and so “it is right that Singaporeans should know what I have decided, and that I am taking these changes forward because I believe they are in Singapore’s interests”.
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"Higher political salaries give 'better chance' of persuading capable Singaporeans to step forward: PM Wong.
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong says he had personally approached several senior permanent secretaries and private-sector CEOs to join politics before the last General Election – and all of them turned him down."
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No pay rise for 15 years in a job - minister pay.
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Tighter National Bonus targets raise bar in areas that matter to S’poreans: Analysts | The Straits Times
Higher Minister salaries tie to these KPI that directly benefits us is a good thing for all Singaporeans.
So the higher the Minister salaries - the better for us - because this means their KPI have been met - and we are better of.
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Minister Chan Chun Sing:-
Minister salaries Parliament debate.
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@Babe:You are right.
@Babe:At least found one youth that talk sense.
Youth views on Minister salaries.
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International comparison of Ministers' salaries could be misleading.
As other countries have pension, allowances, housing, perks etc.
Also, other countries have State government, Federal government to share responsibilities and work.
Singapore government do everything.
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Private CEOs salaries way exceed PM salary.
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Civil service don't enjoy salary increase when they become minister.
In fact, it could be a pay cut.
Some top civil servants earn more than minister.
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@Babe:1. Every system or policy that needs to be implemented - it must encompass these important ingredient:-
Win-Win formula.
2. This is a natural law - the Universal Law of Karma - to ensure the outcomes will achieve equilibrium.
3. Deviation from this formula:-
Lose-Win, Win-Lose implementation of a system or policy - will upset the equilibrium and invoke the natural law of karma to kick in to restore the equilibrium - leading to unintended and even serious consequences.
4. To illustrate, lose-win implementation:-
- pay little for minister, expect minister to make big personal sacrifice - which talents that perform well outside will come in to suffer and bleed that will not only impact himself or herself but also their family members?
This is a nonsensical reasoning - as put forward by many public netizens here.
Pay peanuts, you get monkeys - and incompetent, undesirable elements will come in to take over the ministerial role - make a big mess - and Singapore will be doom.
This is a Lose-Win outcome.
End up - Lose-Lose - all lose.
Equal miseries.
5. To illustrate the other end of the scenario, Win-Lose outcome:-
Minister pay increases - but no corresponding benefits to uplift the people they serve.
End up, Government will lose election, people worst off.
This is a Win-Lose outcome.
End up - Lose-Lose - all lose.
Equal miseries.
6. Hence, the best system of equilibrium is a Win-Win outcome.
Minister (talent) received the rightful pay - and help to uplift the well beings of the people they govern.
The tying of KPI to Minister pay rise - is the appropriate attempt to achieve this.
Uplift the median income of all people, uplift the lower 20 percentile, achieve targeted GDP growth and reduce the unemployment rate of local workers.
7. Singapore Government must not succumb and bent on this very critical principle - to pay the right due for the right role.
8. Because Singapore success, is to a very large extent due to the good and capable leadership of the Government that have brought Singapore so far to what we are now - to envy of the World.
@Babe:9. Singapore must not let the ignorant, petty and shortsighted public pressure - derail our successful formula in bringing competent, capable, talented, honest and committed people to become our Ministers - and secure our future and our future descendants future.
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@Babe:1. Why do many netizens here fail to see such insights that will boomerang and hit them back ?
a. All humans have 5 unwholesome roots (贪嗔痴慢疑) - Ignorance (fail to see the big picture, shortsightedness) because of selfish, self-centered, pettiness (if I can't earn as much, you shouldn't get so much).
b. Greed, jealousy, envy - why Ministers earn so much, whereas I can't - must pull them down, don't care - even though one day, it will also pull yourself down in equal miseries.
c. Hatred - ignorance and greed turn into anger and hatred - indulge in destructive acts.
d. Arrogance - Ministers not as good, I can do better. Are you sure you know better?
e. Distrust, mistrust - not able to appreciate this successful formula that have served us well - and want to pull it down - which in turn will come back to haunt you and pull yourself and everyone down.
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@Babe:1. I cannot deny that there are some very rare individuals who are:-
a. Capable
b. Competent
c. No family members to feed
d. Willing to sacrifice themselves until they bleed to do public service.
e. And willing to go with lower pay but make big sacrifices until they bleed for public service.
But this will invoke disequilibrium in the natural law - and will trigger Universal Law of Karma to kick in.
The whole nation will owe our well beings to his altruistic sacrifice - and indebted to him - and the whole Nation will have to repay his debt life after life - until he is fully compensated in this:-
Lose-Win formula.
Because it breaches the equilibrium of natural law of Win-Win system.
万法皆空。
因果不空。
Hence the right system of Win-Win need to be put in place - and not let ignorant public pressure upset the natural law of equilibrium.
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PM Lawrence Wong tapping Tan See Leng leg in Parliament on Minister salaries.
Good job.
@Babe:[11/09, 12:17 am] My close friend comments: Incompetent, no political will to do the right things, self interests, broken gov, corruption are hindrances to good and bigger things
[11/09, 12:17 am] My comments: That's the fear.
Minister pay hit right at the heart of Singapore success.
But many netizens don't understand - but harp on the high pay.
Overwhelming majority in TikTok disagree with minister high pay.
I am only the few minority that try to convey the criticality of getting the issue right.
Else everyone will be in deep shit years down the road.
Trump is a template for everyone to see.
[11/09, 12:17 am] My close friend comments:- We are blessed, but once broken, we will be like our neighbours
[11/09, 12:17 am] My comments: Yes.
This is my greatest fear.
[11/09, 12:17 am] My close friend comments:- Such high pay is an incentive for ordinary man in the street. So we may attract the wrong people to stand for election. Yes, voters need to be wise but what if there were no good candidates to choose from? The top notch people cannot be lowly paid, yet still have to stand up to scrutiny, and face public nonsensical criticisms.
[11/09, 12:17 am] My comment: Yes to many common man in the street, the million dollars sounds a lot.
But at this current market value, private sector many professions go way past it.
Top talents will consider current minister pay as peanuts.
[11/09, 12:17 am] My close friend comments: For me, I rather choose a capable minister and him to do a good job than pay an average or even lousy person who makes wrong decisions, waste public funds, erode economy or worse corrupted person. Like that, we pay even a higher price
[11/09, 12:17 am] My comments: Yes.
Pay more and get good quality people to be minister will benefit everyone.
Pay peanuts - we will get monkeys - and then we all dead.
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@Babe:Singapore success hinge largely on our top Government capable, committed and honest leadership.
There is a need to pay top money to compete with private sectors and civil service to get top talents to be our Ministers - so that Singaporeans future can be safeguarded.
Singaporeans cannot afford to be penny wise but pound foolish.
Paying Ministers their worth is a small money considering the benefits Singaporeans reap from their contributions.
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@Babe:Singapore what private sector pay can match minister pay
No realistic level of ministerial salary in Singapore can fully match the multi-million dollar packages earned by top corporate executives, investment bankers, and C-suite leaders in the private sector.
The Private vs. Public Pay Gap
Ministerial Benchmarks: An entry-level (MR4) minister's reference benchmark is set at S$1.8 million annually (with actual active pay rising toward S$1.2 million to S$1.35 million following recent adjustments), while a Prime Minister's salary scales higher.
Private Sector Equivalents: Top executives, managing directors, and group CEOs at major local and multinational firms (such as major banks, SGX-listed corporations, or global healthcare groups) routinely command packages ranging from several millions to over S$10 million a year. For instance, cabinet members who transitioned from the private sector have openly noted that their government pay represents a massive financial pay cut.
Why the Gap ExistsThe 40% Discount: Singapore's political salary framework benchmarks entry-level ministers to the median income of the top 1,000 Singapore citizen earners, but applies a deliberate 40% discount.
Public Service Ethos: This discount is intentionally applied to signal a sacrifice and emphasize public service ethos over commercial enrichment.
Not Meant to Match: According to the government and The Straits Times analysts, the salary framework is not designed to match private-sector compensation. Instead, it aims to reduce the financial opportunity cost enough so that top talent from the private or public sectors is not completely deterred from entering political life.
@Babe:Tan, who took on the role of CEO at DBS last year, received a total compensation package of S$9.64 million for 2025, covering both her first nine months at the helm and the period she served as deputy CEO earlier in the year. Meanwhile, the reference annual salary for a starting-grade minister at the MR4 grade will be raised to S$1.8 million, up from S$1.1 million.
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Foreign observers feel that Singaporeans Ministers high pay is justified.
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Salary of principal vs cleaner.
Salary of Minister vs workers.
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Nigam tong dow on million dollars salary.
@Babe:1. Will you want to be responsible if top talents refuse to serve as Ministers?
2. Instead mediocre people clamour for the Minister posts?
3. As a result, Singapore fall from grace and become a 3rd World country?
4. Are you implying Mr LKY and the PAP he build is wrong about commensurating talents with the corresponding pay?
5. And China prosper because China learn from Singapore many policies and ideologies.
@Babe:16,000 China government officials learn from Singapore every year.
@Babe:China has sent tens of thousands of government officials to Singapore for training and study programs since the early 1990s as part of a deliberate effort to learn about public administration and urban governance.
Background and Evolution
The Origin: The initiative began in 1992 after Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping urged the country to study Singapore’s rapid economic growth and social management.
Scale: Nearly 50,000 Chinese civil servants and officials have participated in various governance and leadership programs in Singapore through institutions like the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS and NTU.
Core Focus Areas: Early training focused heavily on urban planning, anti-corruption frameworks, housing policies, and state-owned enterprise management.
Shifting Dynamics: In recent years, the focus has broadened toward finance, banking, tourism, and bilateral cooperation models such as the Suzhou Industrial Park, though the exchange is increasingly mutual as China advances in tech and digital infrastructure.
@Babe:For 4 consecutive years, Singapore governance have been ranked the best in the World. This is the testimony we are on the right track - pay what is worth, what is the market values to attract the right talents for the Minister jobs to secure Singapore future.
Source:- Google Gemini AI
Singapore ranks at the very top of the Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) for four consecutive years, holding the number one global spot through 2026
Governance Ranking DetailsGlobal Position: Ranked first out of 133 evaluated countries
Pillars: Placed first globally in five out of seven categories:
- Leadership & Foresight
- Strong Institutions
- Financial Stewardship
- Attractive Marketplace
- Helping People Rise
@Babe:1. Honestly, mid level executive already fetching and exceed the MPs allowances.
2. Many mid size CEOs salaries also match or exceeded Minister million Dollars salaries.
3. You want lesser calibre or lesser talents to run Singapore and govern you and Singaporeans?
4. Are you willing to put yourself and your descendants life, livelihoods, safety and security at the hands of more mediocre and average Ministers to govern and run the country to the ground?
@Babe:If you shortchanged Minister pay - you could have shortchanged Singaporeans future.
And everyone will go down in equal miseries.
@Babe:It sounds noble to accept low pay.
But it is not pragmatic.
Do it wrong, everything fall apart.
@Babe:违背 道，违背 法，违背 自然法则。
物极必反。
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[12/09, 10:02 am] My close friend comments: That's was in the 90s. When gov was talking about $1B investible cpf. 20-30 years later, million dollar is not so glaring. People can sue dbs for $1+B. CEOs are running hundreds of billion businesses. Times have changed. What hasn't or change little are people at the bottom rungs and people who are forever against gov policies no matter what
[12/09, 10:32 am] My commens: Yes.
I was appalled that a heavyweight ex Permanent Secretary openly say something in TikTok that directly adversely hit at the core of our political leadership - that will threatened our very future and our descendants future.
I have no choice but to challenge his viewpoint.
I want him to prove me wrong in social media - because he is lending weight to the public pressure that has been building up.
Luckily WP, the opposite ends of the aisle support the government position and make the Parliament debate with less fireworks.
But the biggest fireworks is at the social media bring on by public pressure.
Hence I have to defeat public pressure right in TikTok.
[12/09, 10:48 am] My comments: This TikTok media influencer also bring up Xi Jing Ping's words on communism that a political minister must not fetch high salaries - else 不要当官。
This video creator put 2 powerful figures - one ex heavyweight Permanent Secretary and one superpower President to lend weight against high minister salaries - will be a very strong sway to support the public pressure.
I have to hold the bull by the horns.
1. China public service policy and economic policy learn from Singapore - before China make such a massive economic and social improvement.
2. To be blunt we are the Teacher and the other end is a student - who has a better philosophy?
3. Singapore rank the best governance in the World Chandler governance ranking - a testimony that our government is top notch.
4. Year after year, we don't have to 清算 corrupt senior leaders in the cabinet unlike others - because our system of transparent high minister salaries dispense with the need to look for other perks to keep their livelihoods and family members livelihoods afloat.
5. And our win-win system is supported by the divine natural law of karma - as testimony of 道教 and 佛教。
6. Not a Lose-Win formula that sacrifice and bleed one side to make the other side win at minister expense - which is karmically wrong. Karma will be triggered and take effects.
I want both heavyweight figures to overturn my viewpoints and prove me wrong in TikTok.
Else our political leadership of high minister salaries is correct - and don't challenge our philosophy.
This will effectively defeat public pressure brought on by TikTok and other social media.
Then my Bodhi Vows salvation - will be meaningful.
@Babe:Singapore's success or failure hinges on this very core principle.
I must not let public pressure break this principle - and make Singapore successful story collapse.
Unless someone can prove me wrong.
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[12/09, 12:10 pm] My close friend comments: He passed on many years ago. Some people just lifted it out of context such as timeline to speak against gov.
[12/09, 12:11 pm] My comments: Oh is it?
I thought he is around and put up his view on TikTok.
[12/09, 12:11 pm] My close friend comments: Furthermore got to be careful, could be fake AI generated stuff too. 半真半假。
[12/09, 12:12 pm] My comments: I see....
That's why I thought why he so bold to oppose the government - and his views are flaw.
[12/09, 12:13 pm] My close friend comments:- After he retired, he did say several eye opening stuff ... Brave man. But this is definitely not current
[12/09, 12:15 pm] My comments: Hmmm....
That's why we must always debate using the right logic and right principles.
We don't care who say it.
Sometimes even LKY may not be right when circumstances change.
[12/09, 1:26 pm] My close friend comments: I asked google. Late Ngiam died in 2020... Good man. I remembered in his interview with Straits times he went to buy gold. No contract. The contract was to tear a $100 note into half and each party keep half portion. Sounds like he was secretly buying gold from unofficial source 😊
He could be scammed, robbed, killed and dumped..
[12/09, 1:29 pm] My comments: Oh I see.
He is the one that anchor gold for us.
Ok lah, he has been a good PS since I know him.
Only surprise by what he says in minister salaries.
This issue cannot go unchallenged.
Because it hinge on ours and our descendants future lives and livelihoods.
Must robustly defend it.
[12/09, 1:30 pm] My comments: Yes.
All our forefather leaders risk their lives to secure our future.
They are honorable.
[12/09, 2:08 pm] My close friend comments: But can't say for this and future leaders. Raising salary is just one aspect not to over penalise good leaders
[12/09, 2:27 pm] My comments: Yes.
Right Salary is only one dimension.
Don't want to let this dimension make the sacrifice so painful and onerous that good and right talents straight away reject on the outset.
Because they and their family members cannot live well despite the outsize contribution to our Nation building.
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