Post GE 2011 Discussion

[pinky]

concern2:

Saw the following from \"Jack\" who commented in a TRE (Temasek Review Emeritus) article. Any comments?


\"There is a lot of misunderstanding about this $15,000 monthly MP allowance. I asked an ex PAP MP and he told me that the $15,000 is not meant to be a personal salary of the incumbent. It is meant to reimburse and help the MP pay for expenses incurred in performing their duties as an MP. So for example, during Chinese New Year, Chap Goh May or any festive functions, the MP will use this allowance to help pay for the costs of organizing such events. It is also meant to reimburse him for his transport expenses in coming and going from his constituency i.e. petrol, ERP, parking.
In fact, apparently, the $15,000 is not even paid into the private personal account of the MP. It is deposited in a community account in which the MP is a signatory.
Hard working MPs who organize many activities for their wards may actually end up with deficits in some months, They then balance accounts by surpluses in the less active months. Lazy MPs who do nothing except when Election is near, end up with big pots of cash in the account. It is possible they can use this surplus for their own purposes. It is an honor system basically.
Since the $15,000 is not a monthly deposit into
the personal bank account of the MP, one shouldn’t impute all sorts of innuendos about avarice and the like on our MPs -PAP or Opposition.\"

do the MPS draw a salary apart from this $15,000 allowance?

[hquek]

Got this from wiki…sounds a bit different leh.


Remuneration and pensions
MPs receive a monthly allowance,[85] a non-pensionable annual allowance (commonly known as the 13th month pay), and an annual variable component that is paid in July and December each year.[86] The monthly allowance is 56% of the salary of an Administrative Service officer at the SR9 grade – the entry grade for Singapore’s top civil servants – which is itself benchmarked at the salary of the 15th person aged 32 years from six professions: banking, law, engineering, accountancy, multinational companies and local manufacturers. In 1995, the monthly allowance was S$8,375 ($100,500 per year).[87] The allowance was revised in 2000 to $11,900 ($142,800 per year).[88] In 2007 it was announced that civil service salaries had lagged behind those in the private sector and required revision. MPs’ salaries were therefore increased in phases. In 2007 the monthly allowance was revised to $13,200, raising the annual sum to $158,400. A gross domestic product (GDP) bonus payable to civil servants was also extended to MPs to link their annual remuneration to the state of the economy. They would receive no bonus if GDP growth was 2% or less, one month’s bonus if the GDP grew at 5%, and up to two months’ bonus if the GDP growth reached or exceeded 8%. MPs’ allowances to engage legislative and secretarial assistants were also increased from $1,000 to $1,300 and from $350 to $500 respectively.[87] With effect from January 2008, each MP received another increase of his or her allowance package to $13,710 a month, bringing it to $225,000 per year.[89]

Persons who have reached the age of 50 years and retired as MPs and who have served in this capacity for not less than nine years may be granted a pension for the rest of their lives. The annual amount payable is 1⁄30 of the person’s highest annual salary for every completed year of service and 1⁄360 for every uncompleted year, up to a ceiling of two-thirds of the Member’s annual salary.[90] No person has an absolute right to compensation for past services or to any pension or gratuity, and the President may reduce or withhold pensions and gratuities upon an MP’s conviction for corruption.[91]

[BlueBells]

I thought the subject of the MP’s salary has been clarified in the in ST?

[Oppsgal]

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/younger-poreans-more-pluralistic-views-ips-survey-190911616.html


Why never mention other social problem like housing and transportation that affect the election outcome too?

[bigsnoopy]

Hi didn’t know there is such a thread here. Can I join?

[Funx3]

bigsnoopy:

Hi didn't know there is such a thread here. Can I join?

Sure ALL Who R Interested Can Join In ....
Very Informative thread ....
:celebrate: :celebrate:

[Oppsgal]

WCW:

we can llls together ahahaha

What is llls?

[verykiasu2010]

Oppsgal:

WCW:

we can llls together ahahaha

What is llls?

lo li lo so

(not lorry lost)

[Oppsgal]

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/what-is-buzzing/murdoch-praises-singapore-ministerial-pay-053912659.html


someone actually praise the salary Singapore ministers are getting?

:?

From this news-
\"indirectly suggesting that UK ministers should be paid as much to prevent corruption\"

Referring to the ranking 2010:
http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2010/results

Are New Zealand's ministers getting pay as high as Singapore ministers :? If not as much, why theirs also ranking same?

[limlim]

Oppsgal:

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/what-is-buzzing/murdoch-praises-singapore-ministerial-pay-053912659.html


someone actually praise the salary Singapore ministers are getting?

:?

From this news-
\"indirectly suggesting that UK ministers should be paid as much to prevent corruption\"

\"Murdoch's intriguing statement brought about negative responses from the parliament. \"Good luck in selling that one,\" the furious MP Damian Collins replied. The entire parliament even laughed in mockery.\"