Pegging salaries in civil service against the private sector

Commentary
The Kent Ridge Common, 6 Jul 2009, Kelvin Teo
One of the questions that arises is if there is any basis of comparison in the first place. If there is no basis of comparison, the argument for the need to raise salaries of civil servants and ministers by pegging them to the salaries of executives in the private sector is untenable. This is simply because there is little basis for comparison with their counterparts in the private sector.
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