Management really took their time. I already brought this up to my manager after E-Pass got raised to 4.5k in 2020.

This 5k is not charity or newfound compassion, this is obviously in response to the E-Pass increase. >>>80% of the people that I get to interview are not local. (Yea, I'm interviewing people who will be earning ~1k less than me without counting CPF. Fricking wow.)

And yes, if you're a local, you might have noticed the pay offer may be lower. That's kind of government's whole point with the e-pass increase - Jobs that cannot offer higher will be forced to either hire locals, or increase the salary. Do note that 4k * 1.17 = $4,680 after CPF.