I do agree one-off increment for the lower income civil servants is needed, but is only limited to the MSO(those poly grads) personnel. That's why they are given +15% increment.

But those MX12/11/10 are already getting high salary even before the Feb salary adjustment!!

Got 1 guy posted last Oct2011 in other thread in salary.sg forum, that time(approx 6 months ago) he already earning $4800+ in a ministry with slightly more than 4 years of exp @ MX11 which he got promoted in apr2010, with 2nd upper. He was from the 2007 NUS batch.

And just few days ago, I think he, the same person posted his salary again in other salary.sg forum thread, now after the Feb adjustment + Apr2012 merit increment, he is getting $5700+(annual salary slightly more than 90K) with just 3 more months to hit 5 years exp with the ministry since fresh grad. The point is he is just a normal farmer, non-scholar.

You can ask anyone on the street, how many engineer can actually get this kind salary for 5 years of exp in the same company. (excluding oil/gas industry, excluding financial/banking sector and commission base job).