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#26 (**permalink**) 26-12-2014, 10:29 PM

Haha, like that also call scholar???

You really don't know what civil service means by scholar or just acting blur?

So in short you expect tax payers to pay $200k for some average civil servant to enjoy "quality lifestyle" and quit office everyday by 6pm?

I certainly hope this is just you personal thought and not shared by your husband. It would be sad if Singapore come to a stage whereby public servants whine about the need to get paid big bucks with an iron rice bowl, average capability and knock off on time everyday.

I don't think people here are envious of your husband... Jeez where did you get that from? I think most of us are more struck by the nerve of some woman complaining about her husband not being paid enough by the government to let her retire in her 30s. If your husband was some stellar performer or hot stud in the private sector can still understand, but just a normal stat board staff?

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

What is your problem douche?
People have different levels of lifestyle, I am used to a certain lifestyle provided by my husband and my own hardwork.

We want to provide a quality lifestyle for our retirement and for our children and that is the min. income level to achieve.

Yes, the Malay neighbours I grew up with make $40k /year but he is able to take care of 5 mouths to feed and still have savings. That is commendable - I respect that. But I cannot do the same. Been brought up in this way, and grown up this way. Yes maybe I had a spoilt childhood, and I want to spoil my kids the same way - that is my choice, not yours so please fo fcuk yourself.

If you are lazy and can't afford to spoil yourself and your family but you are envious, that's your problem, don't take it out on others.

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To answer the other question, he is not a PSC Scholar or President's Scholar. Just a simple scholar sponsored by DSTA. Studied 4 years NUS, 2 years work, 3 years to do MPP in Georgetown Public Policy Institute in Washington DC sponsored by MOF, (where we met each other).
After he came back from his Masters in USA, DSTA seconded him to MFA where he still is but draws salary from DSTA - not sure how that works but suppose that means he is still Statboard and not ministry.

The good part is that he still is able to leave office at 6pm everyday to come back to see the kids - I prefer this to having extra $50k/year but longer working hours.