Rethinking Formula for Singapore Ministerial Salaries

So long as our Ministers remain paid proportional to the highest 8 earners in the 6 best paid professions, the life of Singaporeans can never be expected to be too good.
This is because then Ministers would be much too pro business, sharing the same mercenary (profit at all costs- i.e. Profit Above Principle/ 'PAP') ideals as CEOs are oft accused of.
We all know that for most part, a CEO's key KPIs are that of company profitability- which is what essentially determines their salaries.

Singapore Government Salaries, 2006- 2008.

Singapore Government Salaries, 2006- 2008.

Lim Swee Say: if you’re ‘betterer’ today, strive to be ‘betterest’

better, ‘betterer’ and ‘betterest’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmg2S3Jf62Q&#t=1m9s
Lim Swee Say: if you’re ‘betterer’ today, strive to be ‘betterest’

Re: Release request denied (Ionescu)

My response to the following report:

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Originally Posted by BicCherry Judge rejects Ionescu request by Claudia Craiu in Romania news@mediacorp.com.sg 05:55 AM Jul 29, 2010...

Re: Exerting Filial Piety???? Parents do your part first

My reply to 'mchia282's post at A1forums:
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Originally Posted by mchia282 if your parents didnt slog for you, do you even have a chance to talk about taking a break? when you pee and poo on your shorts, who is the one to change you? Feed you when you are crying in the middle of the nite?

The PAP Problem of overheating peasant salaries.

[ST-15Jul2010]: '100,000 foreign workers needed: PM': "If we don't allow the foreign workers in, you are going to have overheating." [link]
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Why does PM Lee want SG to become a country of cheap labour- that he eschews the proportional 'overheating' of Singaporean's salaries in tandem with an equally 'overheated' economy?
That is because over worked and under paid low cost workers are generally most obedient to govt propaganda and have little in terms of time nor resource question government agenda.

Worker’s Party member: Why more young graduates are joining the opposition

Becos they cannot stand PAP's pork barrel politics.
Ref: 'Pork Barrel politics' [wiki]
Worker’s Party member: Why more young graduates are joining the opposition- By Ion Danker – July 14th, 2010
Gerald Giam, Workers' Party member.
Opposition member Gerald Giam, 33, says more young, educated Singaporeans are joining the opposition because they want to see real change from the top.

100,000 more foreign workers needed: PM Lee

“If we don’t allow the foreign workers in, you are going to have overheating,” he (PM Lee) said.
I think that PM Lee should explain the meaning of 'overheating'- less I assume that the only thing that's really getting 'overheated' is the PM's salary.     100,000 more foreign workers needed: PM Lee
By Angela Lim – July 15th, 2010
Fuelled by the record growth the government is forecasting for the economy this year, more than 100,000 foreigners are set to enter Singapore’s workforce, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told The Straits Times.

NFC ad 'Filial Piety: Father and Son'-Video- just cannot make it.

'Filial Piety: Father and Son' sems more misleading then reassuring. The at first resentful daughter-in-law then becoming accepting of the MIL's behavior also seems schizophrenic to me.
If the MIL was indeed suffering from dementia, then the ad should have made plain clear that this was so (the DIL should have been consistently sympathetic).
This is a bad advert, more confusing then edifying, its prima-facie purpose seemingly one of imposing filial piety by authority (the father's).

[TNP 1July2010] :Man shocked by $1,200 bill for fish at Resorts World

Man shocked by $1,200 bill for fish at Resorts World
Yeo Sam Jo | The New Paper | Thu Jul 1 2010
Waiter did not mention price during order for expensive Sultan fish, complained diner.
Singapore, June 30, 2010- THEY feasted on a fish named sultan – and were made to pay a king’s ransom for it.

Re: Exerting Filial Piety???? Parents do your part first

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[link] k1r1llatsp | April 03, 2009- Prize-winning video produced by Vinn Bay and Tee Boon Leng for a video competition as part of the ADI (Alzheimer's Disease International) conference in March 2009.

George Yeo calls for patience in Ionescu case

George Yeo calls for patience in Ionescu case
Updated 07:22 PM Jul 05, 2010
by Ong Dai Lin
SINGAPORE - Foreign Minister George Yeo has asked Singaporeans to be patient, reiterating the need for due process in resolving the two hit-and-run accidents involving former Romanian diplomat Silviu Ionescu.
Romanian prosecutors said last week that Ionescu will face trial for charges of homicide, causing physical injuries and making false statements.

Steps taken to tackle air pollutants: NEA

Jul 5, 2010

Steps taken to tackle air pollutants: NEA
WE REFER to Mr Ng Ya Ken's letter ('Are we prepared?'; June 21) and the articles by Ms Victoria Vaughan ('Haze 'is bad for your heart''; June 14) and Dr Andy Ho ('Clear the air on pollutant levels'; June 19).
Fine particulate matter or PM 2.5 is an air pollutant that poses a concern to public health. Current research on it does not identify any threshold levels where adverse health effects start to occur.

[ST 19Jun2010]: Clear the air on pollutant levels (PM2.5)

Clear the air on pollutant levels
Andy Ho, Straits Times 19 Jun 10;
IN THE past half year, scientists have determined that inhaling fine air pollutant particles can actually kill people with heart conditions.
Last December, a US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) review of the best studies found this relationship to be established beyond reasonable doubt. Last month, the American Heart Association (AHA) issued a statement reiterating this 'causal relationship', saying in regard to all available data: 'At present, no credible alternative explanation exists.'

Educate people about filial piety, don't demand it

Jul 5, 2010
Educate people about filial piety, don't demand it
I REFER to the ongoing debate on the recent advertisement [here] to promote filial piety.
As the world progresses, the only constant is change. The family system is not spared - it is constantly in transition. But some basic tenets remain, though interpretations may vary. Love, understanding and respect for one another are some key basic tenets.

[ST 23Jun2010] FILIAL PIETY: Does ad convey right values?

Jun 23, 2010:
FILIAL PIETY- Does ad convey right values?
THE new TV advertisement to promote filial piety [here] - spearheaded by the National Family Council and supported by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports - has left me disturbed.
While some people may find it touching, the message of filial piety seems distorted to the point of emphasising the wrong values.