civil service pay

i really enjoyed the debate in the parliament regarding the pay of the ministers and the civil service on the whole. and i must say that it was a surpirse to have the PM donating his pay rise...thou i admire that cos i think that's what a true leader should do..lead by example..but this doesn't mean that i m expecting the rest of the ministers to do the same thing....

cos i understand from the PM's point of view.the ministers and civil service pay really need an upward adjustment..however to show that he understood the increasing income gap and the displeasure that arose as a result of the pay rise, the donation of his pay rise for 5 years is a gd move..thou i dun noe how singapore will react to it...

next, let's talk about the pay. first of all, it's gd to be transparent..
second, top calibre people need to draw top salary or at least a reasonable salary...this is the basis of attracting top calibre people to lead singapore..however i m not expecting their pay to be equivalent to that of CEO...

jus imagine this scenario...assuming the minister pay is now $1.6million...person A is a top calibre talent drawing a salary of $3 million in his current job in the private sector..is it worth the pay cut to have the chance to lead singapore and do things for a honourable cause???
how much can a person spend?? do u mean that u have to earn $3 million in one yr in order to sustain ur lifestyle?? i think a salary of $1.6million enables any one in singapore to live very very comfortably...so what if the pay cut amounts to 7 million over the course of 5yrs (1.4 million x 5)...r u going to spend that much???

if person A is not willing to take such pay cut to have the chance to do something for singapore, then he is not qualified to lead singapore n be a people's leader cos he has no passion to serve..money is too important to him compared to the chance to serve the people...do u wan such leader to be ur MP?? i think singapore would be beta off having someone of similar talent and capabilties (or even slightly lower capabilities is ok) but with the passion to serve the people...these are the type of people that will bring singapore forward...

i m fine with the adjustment in salary...it carn lag too far behind..n such things carn drag on forever..becaused it will snowball into too big a gap to close...thou it's also sensitive when u r increasing the GST and the civil service pay at the same time..given the widening income gap...

just a curious thought, are the ministers and MPs satified with their pay b4 the pay rise??? then again, this is a sensitive question that i dun think anyone will have an ans...

if i was person A..i will take the pay cut to lead singapore..cos it's a once in a life time chance to do something for the people esp when u will have the necessary power n authority to make a difference and leave a legacy...it's challenging and i like challenge!