Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh has called for a more modest increase to Singapore’s ministerial salaries, challenging the argument that a higher pay was needed to attract top talent from the private sector. At Thursday’s parliamentary debate on changes to the political salary framework, Singh questioned if the city state’s high-earners in the private sector were deterred from politics because of lower pay or was the issue about political responsibilities. He argued that most of the city...
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September 10, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Pritam Singh questions if high pay attracts top private talent to Singapore politics
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