NMP Azhar Othman asks why ministers’ salaries are benchmarked to top earners in private sector

Why should ministerial salaries be benchmarked against the median income of the top 1,000 Singaporean earners, with a 40% discount? NMP Azhar Othman raised this question in parliament on Thursday (Sep 10), during a debate on changes to Singapore’s political salary framework. He argued that the government’s mandate differs fundamentally from that of a private equity firm and questioned whether political salaries should instead be compared with those in other democracies. #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