Cartoon by sei-ji rakugaki of My sketchbook
SINGAPORE, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Singapore government ministers and other political appointees, the world’s best paid, will cost taxpayers another 15 percent in the coming financial year starting April, according to the city-state’s budget on Friday.
The state will spend S$66.5 million on political appointments, up from S$58.1 million in the current fiscal year to March – which was also 27 percent up on 2006/2007.
The government announced two rounds of pay hikes for ministers last year, raising Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s annual pay to S$3.76 million – at least five times that of U.S. President George W. Bush.
February 16, 2008 at 12:28 am |
The Love for Money is the Roots of all Evils!
I have been told and heard it countless times.
February 19, 2008 at 12:18 pm |
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