Parliament Debates Pay: PAP and WP Clash Over Ministerial Salary Framework

Singapore's Parliament held a marathon 4.5-hour debate on Thursday over a controversial overhaul of political salaries. The core proposal: a one-off, capped 9% pay increase for ministers this October, part of a broader framework that benchmarks entry-level MR4 ministers to $1.8 million. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong argued this "progressive and restrained" move corrects a pay gap that has widened since the last review in 2011. The debate pitted the government's pragmatic case...