Wall Street Journal Blog, 6 Jan 2012Singapore leaders may be slashing sizeable chunks off their world-beating salaries, but it appears they aren’t winning the hearts of the many critics who want their government to do more to honor its promises of change.....But the move, the latest in a series of PAP remedies aimed at recouping support lost in a bruising general election last May, has attracted more brickbats than plaudits so far. Many citizens have expressed reservations, even derision, about the depth of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s reform pledges, saying the PAP hasn’t departed from its philosophy of elite governance, in which it emphasizes paying top dollar for top talent. Full story
