Sgpolitics and WP rebuttal to Syu Ying Kwok ST Forum letter
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By Fang Zhi Yuan
I am most flabbergasted by Mdm Syu Ying Kwok’s feeble attempts to justify the exorbitant pay of our PAP ministers in her article to the Straits Times Forum today titled ”Top dollar for star talent“ and the atrocious journalistic standards of the Straits Times to publish her article without first verifying the basic facts.
Using the example of U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson who took a pay cut of an annual salary of US$35 million in the private sector to a miserable US$183,000 to join the Federal government (read report here), Ms Syu lamented the lack of top earners in Singapore sacrificing millions in pay to join government service.
Next, she added a most astonishing spin to her story by praising Education Minister Ng Eng Hen and Law Minister Shanmugan for taking a “$2 million to $5 million pay cut to serve us.”
According to the latest data released by the Prime Minister’s Office in this press release, a cabinet minister is expected to earn on average, an annual salary of S$1.94 million dollars. If we include bonuses and perks, which can range from 3 to 9 months, a minister can take back more than S$3 million dollars a year.
Based on Mdm Syu’s calculations, Mr Ng and Mr Shan should be earning between S$5 to S$8 million dollars a year in the private sector before joining the government.
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Sad that this rebuttal will never be printed in States Times.
How?
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That's why we have to spread it in cyberspace to counter the propaganda of the PAP !
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I would like to be the U.S. Treasury Secretary
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Naturally by The State's Times
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Owed by the PAP Inc.