Ministers' pay should not be pegged to the top wages in the private sector in Singapore, but rather to the salaries of government officials in other countries or to median incomes, said netizens.
This was one of the main messages of Yahoo! Answers users who, as of Wednesday, had posted a total of 151 comments in response to the question: "How should the new ministerial salary be calculated?"
Netizens also called for more transparency in the compensation and benefits received by the ministers and a review of the officials' pension scheme.
Calling the scheme "utterly ridiculous", user Teo said, "If Obama's pay is calculated like the way we calculate our ministers' pay, how much will he be paid if the US takes Warren Buffett or Bill Gates' salaries as possible benchmarks?" Full story
