SINGAPORE: Ministerial salary framework and levels will not be changed, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean in Parliament during the Committee of Supply (COS) debates on Thursday (Mar 1).
Mr Teo's announcement came after several Members of Parliament such as Mr Vikram Nair and Mr Liang Eng Hwa asked whether a salary review has been conducted, since the five-year timeframe to do so had passed.
The last review by an independent committee chaired by Mr Gerard Ee was completed on Dec 30, 2011, and a White Paper on this was subsequently endorsed by Parliament in January 2012. A new review committee was formed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in 2017.
Mr Teo was speaking during the Prime Minister's Office session at the COS debates.
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