23-01-2009 08:11 AM | |
Reality Check-- |
3895 Even a perm-sec of a water ministry in Singapore earns more than Obama! There is just something wrong about this. Meritocracy is a good ideal, but to reward people in public service with obscene wealth is just wrong. And everybody in the developed world realizes that fact except Singapore... |
21-01-2009 03:39 PM | |
Hoky-- |
3886 Yet another case of Singapore elitism... all this talk reminds me of the WSM case. |
21-01-2009 04:53 AM | |
kingsky123-- |
3884 im sorry aw, you are not understanding what is wrong with the passage. Its one thing to be hao lian and its one thing to go to france and learn cooking. He earned his keep. But you must remember he is a Member of parliament, writing about his 50K trip, during times of recession IN THE NEWSPAPER WE READ = ='... |
20-01-2009 12:00 PM | |
Keito-- |
3877 classic elitist mindset obviously apparent. i am sure he's not the only one in the civil service. but guess that's what you get when you put monetary rewards as carrot for attacting the best talent for the admin service. Good that someone brought this up in parliament. |
13-01-2009 11:15 PM | |
reuters-- |
3840 Reuters wrote about Tan Yong Soon too! http://af.reuters.com/article/oddlyE...BrandChannel=0 |
12-01-2009 06:21 PM | |
thestar-- |
3838 This "sensational" news is reported in Malaysia's daily: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp...&sec=focus |
11-01-2009 03:02 PM | |
catring-- |
3834 if he is not doing his current job, he may be earning as much doing another. capitalism and globalisation = top talents are paid most. average joes too bad. cos they are replaceable. not happy ? change the system, or be your own boss. |
08-01-2009 03:20 PM | |
Pinabonds-- |
3816 Agree that the matter is probably blown out of proportion when examined objectively, but the timing, the timing.... After all, it's plausible that he could have gone on holiday on his wife's income as a "senior investment counsellor". To those who think that civil servants serve the public, think again - they serve their ministers who are accountable to the public. It may seem a small distinction, but it's a significant one. The ministers are politicians, there by the grace of the public's trust and votes. Civil servants are administrative professionals who happen to be working in the public sector. That is the justification for paying civil servants competitive salaries with those in the private sector because the skill sets are presumably similar - though this argument holds considerably less water to explain why ministers should be paid a high salary since a political career should be seen as distinct from an administrative one. |
08-01-2009 01:04 PM | |
Goodie-- |
3815 I agree with aw and 5m10y. It's up to him what he does with his legally earned money. It's another thing to have sensitivity and empathy not to publicize such a thing in the time where people are retrenched and struggling to meet their financial obligations. |
08-01-2009 10:34 AM | |
adiemuso-- |
3813 the article should not have made it to the papers anyway..nothing insightful nothing interesting..but full of potential pitfalls..in short think he got saboed... |
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