Singapore must guard against divisions over race, religion and nationality: PM Wong

First look at the new OBS campus on Coney Island

55km SINGAPORE Ultra Marathon🚀

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

Singapore Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said he will donate his full salary increase for the next five years. “This is my own decision. I do not expect other officeholders to do the same,” he said in parliament on Tuesday (Sep 8). Mr Wong was delivering his ministerial statement on the government's response to the review of salaries for political appointment holders and MPs. #sgnews #singapore

PM Wong tries out obstacle courses at the new Outward Bound Singapore Coney Island campus