PM Wong explains why ministers’ salaries are benchmarked to top earners in Singapore

The political salary benchmark based on the top 1,000 Singaporean earners does not mean the government intends to recruit political leaders only from this group, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in parliament on Thursday (Sep 10) during a debate on changes to Singapore’s political salary framework. He said the benchmark serves as a broad and objective reference for the opportunity cost faced by the kind of people Singapore hopes will step forward for political service, whether they come from the private sector, public service, professions or elsewhere. #sgnews #singapore Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Visit our website: https://cna.asia Download our app: https://cna.asia/app Get our editors' picks of stories via chat apps: Telegram: https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp: https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us on these platforms: https://www.facebook.com/channelnewsasia https://www.instagram.com/channelnewsasia https://www.tiktok.com/@channelnewsasia