Is this the start of SingaporeÂ’s decline?
Posted by theonlinecitizen on May 4th, 2007
Article and open letter to our government by an ex-journalist
By Yeo Toon Joo
If the PeopleÂ’s Action Party were to call a general election now, chances are it would lose a good number of seats to the opposition, that is, if you could find able candidates to join the opposition.
If certain changes do not take place in the ruling partyÂ’s style of government, in time to come the PAP could lose power.That would be a shame, a tragedy for Singapore. But so strong has been the political backlash, and so great the peopleÂ’s outrage, over the governmentÂ’s widely unpopular decision and persistence to reward its cabinet ministers such handsome pay increases.
Dissenting and disapproving views over the latest round of ministerial pay hike have been eloquently articulated, often sneeringly so, but confined mainly to mass emailing and internet postings. The latest salary revision will by next year nearly double each ministerÂ’s current remuneration, and bring it on average to nearly three times that of US President George BushÂ’s, five times in the case of Prime Minister Lee Hsien LoongÂ’s.
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