Posts Tagged ‘ministerial salaries’
More from the Future of Asia. TR Emeritus: Former Minister Mentor (MM) Lee Kuan Yew claims that the next generation of leaders are not paid “very much” and therefore making a bit of “sacrifice” to be in the government. Mr Lee, a staunch advocate of paying out-of-this-world salaries to attract the “best talents” into the government, [...]
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Tags: lee kuan yew, succession, future of asia, nikkei, leadership, ministerial salaries
Lee Kuan Yew speaks up by letter. No public appearances lately? Today: I listened to several of the speeches in Parliament on ministerial salaries and read the rest in the newspapers. With a different generation, political attitudes change. But for Singapore, the basic challenge remains unchanged: That unless we have a steady stream of high [...]
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Tags: lee kuan yew, letter, ministerial salaries, salary, singapore government
