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I'm not at all conviunced about the justifications presented by PM Lee for the pay raise. Neither am I impressed with his offer to hold his pay for 5 years and donate any increase to a "worthy cause".
Rather than a blanket increase and the arguments about pegging ministers' pay to the private sector, perhaps the better alternative could be giving bonuses when the country's economy does well. This way, the ministers' pay will be adjusted to the economy's performance accordingly whereas a blanket increase means that after the increase, their pay will not be affected should the economic performance weaken.........

Hey 6% is robust growth.
66.6% is strong mandate.
Based on reports on Newspapers, Singapore economy should be flying right now..
Budget 07 came out and what are the comments it got?
But is it true?
Look at reuters, bloomberg, AWSJ and etc...
who is going to measure their performance?
if not performing well, will they be removed from office?
who dares to check on their accounts?