Privy Purse to increase by 26% or $890,700
March 11th, 2011 | 
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The President of Singapore will enjoy a 26% increase in salary for the fiscal year of 2011.
The Privy Purse (or President’s salary), is now set at S$4,267,500, up from $3,376,800, a hefty jump of 26% or double the percentage increase of the financial assistance package for the poor, which was recently adjusted from $360 to $400 per month.
The President’s entertainment allowance remains at $73,000.
The amount for Presidential staff salaries is also increased to $4,532,400 or $473,600 higher than that of the year before.
The revision is part of an overall increase in the manpower expenditure for the Office of the Istana, which is staffed by 62 personnel.
Proposing the change in Parliament, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said this caters for the “recruitment of an additional staff officer to support the work of the Council of Presidential Advisers and a butler manager to meet increased demand for butler services at the Istana, and to meet the higher variable payments on account of a strong economic growth”.
The President’s salary rises in tandem with that of political, judicial and civil service appointment holders.
However, the expenditure for Istana expenses was cut by $25,300 to $2,068,300 to “reflect savings” on these and other ad hoc spending, said Mr Tharman. The total sum allocated for the Civil List is $11.6 million.
Note: What he did not say is that the original 2010 figure was $10,354,700. Why and when was the number “revised” by $1,250,300 to $11,605,000? Just in time for the 2011 budget?
For the next financial year, Mr Tharman said this overall sum will remain unchanged, but the allocation for the President’s salary and allowances will drop to $3,782,000 due to lower variable payments anticipated.
An extra $610,000 will be set aside for the Presidential Swearing-in Ceremony which is likely to be in late August.
Parliament has approved the increase.
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Pamela
Posted in Editorial
SHAME ON YOU , MR PRESIDENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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CARE TO DONATE 10% OF YOUR SALARY MONTHLY TO THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE , MR PRESIDENT?
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DAYLIGHT ROBBERY !
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OMG! omg! omg!……………..
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alamak,who make this decision?
eh,i am not jealous.
u see i dont care whether you are millionaires or zilionaires as long as i money to buy the basics i need.
but this is poor economics .
prez nathan and our our minsterd already HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY in their banks or ‘piggy’ banks.
giving them more means they will just HOARD MORE LIKE THOSE RICH BUGGERS who find it so impossible to pull a tiny $2 noye to give to that poor fella.
small wonder our poor are having so much problems.
there is simply too much GREED among our elites like you and too little money for the poor to buy even ‘kang -her’(anchovies).
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Old man hitting 83?
living a high life with state sponsored Merc, Chauffer , butler and
never utter a singl word against his masters.
jus look at the old aunties and uncles in the rental flats who barely
eat two meals a day……having meat only on special occasions.
How disproportinate is mans wants and greed.
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Doing nothing and get the Highest salary in the World!
Hello Singaporeans! Can wake up already or not?
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He can use the extra money to buy more prata shops after stepping down.
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Q: What is the BEST job in this World?
A: As a President of Singapore!
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doubt he will answer your question, dude.
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land cost, rental cost, food cost is rising.
am sure the president needs every penny to build up his nest post- post his retirement.
donation from him?
wait long long, bro.
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pap made the decision.
poor old aunty’s kang he problem not pap’s problem.
pap policy is “you die your business”.
that’s the cold hard truth.
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how to apply for the president job
anybody
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alamak!how many packets of kachang-puteh i can sell to him.
i sm so happy,mr nathan likes to eat ‘peanuts’ like mrs goh chok tong.
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Darn pissed to read this.
If they don’t raise the pays of the president, minister but lower them by 20%. It will not make them poor. But if reallocated to the public we all pay less taxes and hv more money to feed our families. I m pissed n it is time to stop.
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look at the tokyo tsunami…
now,what have RICH AND POWERFUL and GREEDY people learn?
nothing,just simply nothing…they don’t want to learn.
we accumulate knowledge if we work hard and are smart but we all need to leran true wisdom,it cnanot be studied,just learnt.
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Payment to keep President from checking into what happen to Singapore’s reserve…. Funny that Prata man also once worked for Japanese during WW2.
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Too much la……mr nathan will use his money to feed his beautiful wife la,just look at our Singapore First Lady,can’t grow any bigger la!
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This is bullshit & arrogance of the PAP. You mean a rubber stamp of the PAP govt. cost that much?
Hey arse hole Tharman- your masters & you planned to increase that much? While poor Singaporeans dont even get that much increment.
We can read through your lips that next comes the salary increments of all PAP Ministers,Parl.secretary & those who sucks for lKY/LHL/GCT including Shanmugam & you.
You all are going to give up your comfy seats to others soon & we have anticipated fucking PAP will be on the next plane out.
Hey you pariah Nathan please do something good before you die, at least for your kids & grand kids.
Hello fellow S’poreans what choice do we have but to reject PAP & their stooges out right who is going to appoint another puppet or rubber Stamp as President.
Where on earth do we find this typr of arrogant govt–only in 3rd world.
If they get into power PAP will say even with unpopular decision still singaporean voted them to power.
Think of what is going to happen for the next 5 years before you cast your vote,
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I am going to FAINT after reading this ARTICLE
Over 4 Million $$ SALARY !
Waa Lao, fu#king hell so much money can help THOUSANDS of Poor needy familes !!
Sigh
PAP = Pay and Pay and Pay $$
Hope to see you in another 50000 Years later !
Goodbye PAP
A warm welcome to Opposition Parties
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Hahaha , Singapore got the most expensive RUBBER STAMP on earth ,.
VOTE THEM OUT !!
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Our great president nathan is going to 87 Years old this year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellapan_Ramanathan
I don’t know what to say… Such a HIGH increase of salary..NO NO i am NOT jealous but feel pity of those families that really need financial assistance….SIGH
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The Prata man will be retired after this term and return to India as “RAJA” .
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Can’t it be that those who work hard get a higher pay? Government salaries are pegged to the private sector so someone out there is making that much money. You are just upset it is not you. I wonder what the toilet cleaners think of YOUR salary???
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Who authorise PAP to increase Prata-Man salary to 4 millions/year ???
Singaporean didn’t “APPROVED” this kind of salary to a “RUBBER STAMP”
The God must be crazy !!
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more than $4.2 millions per year for 5 years = $21 millions
mr. Andrew Kuan, this definitely a huge carrot to aim this coming august 2011.
so don’t be a spoiler this coming GE. MP’s allowance is only seame nut compare to the big carrot.
go for the elected/(nominated if lucky) President, Andrew.
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That pariah bastard S.R Nathan,wave his hand during National Day and refused to pardon many innocent(scapegoat) on death row got pay increase??? There’s something wrong with the system mastered by Lee Kuan Yew and Lee Hsien Loong.
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i have a suspicion that they are testing the market to see if they can increase their own salaries later on
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greedy pigs……….should all be strike by lightning!!!
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Do you feel bad or guilty that this amount even without the increase is too much ? …and all you do is to smile, shake hands and cut ribbons!
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Mr president, you are ridiculously obscene!
Please be releastic, your people are living from hand to mouth.
By right, you should voiced out and address to the needs and welfare of the people…….Lost our jobs to FTs, no homes, too expensive and cannot make ends meet!
Shame on you and the uncaring PAP regime!
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Guys,
I heard that LKY is born in Malaysia, written in his Memoirs.
Can anyone confirm this ?
If he is a Malaysian Cheena, that explains why he worked for Japanese in WW2, against Muslims, allow LHL to marry his 2 Malaysian Cheena wives, allow so many Malaysian Cheena Ministers and MPs in his cabinet, allow this Malaysian Indian to be President, allow influx of foreigners especially Malaysian Cheenas in Singapore. All these act against the Natives interests !
Why do we want a FOREIGNER LKY to rule us Native Singaporeans ?
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to me it seems like they are prepping to bring SM Goh as the future president, they also get that this election no more free rides hence make sure they have all the control if things do go their way having loyal at key posts goes long way
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LKY also wanted to be Malaysian PM when Malaysia and Singapore merged !
LKY keeps boasting that Singapore is successful and attracted alot of Malaysian Cheenas to work and settle in Singapore.
These are traits of a typical power craving Malaysian Cheena ! LKY has it all !
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Not to sound disrespectful – but do we still need a President ??? We have a Prime Minister, Minister Mentor, 2 X Senior Ministers, 2 x Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers without potfolio etc etc- and all these are just within the Prime Minister’s Office…sigh What is the role of our President – who is I guess the highest paid President in the WORLD !!! and for WHAT..??? Ceremonial duties..???
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Me and entire family is submitting our names for a chance to become the next PRESIDENT of Singapore. Better than striking TOTO!! WTF!!! NNBACCB!!!!
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How can anyone in the name of working for the nation receive such money when so many ppl old young sick disableed are struggling to have three meals on their table . Add it up over the years how much tax payers paid him . He has a wife and a daughter and her son in law both lawyers how much money is enough? PAPees suck till u dry still not enough because u must pay what we are worth f them
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实在对这般pap狗贼信心全无。真不知下来又再搞个损人利己，祸国殃民的事，国家有难啦。
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“Government salaries are pegged to the private sector so someone out there is making that much money.”
Someone (private sector) is making that much money is because he is creative / efficient enough in having a viable business model (or skillset for employees) to excel despite having to pay the high cost of operation (manpower, rental, competition from others, licenses, tax, etc, etc).
Garment salaries (higher mortar balls) are just PEGGED (some expedient advantage) to only those from top successful private sector players (not those who may fail badly perhaps even losing their own savings).
“I wonder what the toilet cleaners think of YOUR salary.”
Didn’t people ask for the implementation the minimum wage for those workers in the lower value chain (e.g toilet cleaners, etc).
The problem with the high garment mortar balls is that their min wage is pegged to the higher base (not minimum base) of those private sectors.
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Well, there’s INFLATION! Also, there’s TOP-CLASS JOB PERF!
Mr President sure has earned his keep.
In case you’ve forgotten, let me jog your memory …..
When the PAP govt needed to draw down $4.9bn of PAST RESERVES in Jan 2009 for the Resilience Package following the 2008 Wall Street implosion, this was hitting the PAP Sacred Cow.
Sacred or sacrilegious, the Presidential Consent was given pronto without any conditions or prodding.
Pls hold on to your chair to continue reading ….
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with such a large salary there is obviously no chance of corruption…
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CONTN whilst you hold on to your chair:
When developers started releasing audited results from 2H 2009 that showed historic record high profits in their ENTIRE CORPORATE HISTORY, what did our multi-million dollar salaried Minister Tharman do?
Tharman continued to dish-out Resilience Package goodies to all and sundry (INCLUDING these developers) … the guy even extended Job Credit Scheme all the way to Jun 2010!!!
Casino Singapore 1 (3-part trilogy):
http://singaporeenbloc.blogspot.com/2010/11/casino-singapore-part-1-whos-idiot.html
Did any of the other 83 MPs squeal and sqwark? Let alone the President and his elite Presidential Council!
I don’t think this President even reads the newspapers!
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/Sure or not: March 11, 2011 at 7:02 pm Sure or not(Quote)
Can’t it be that those who work hard get a higher pay?/
Working hard ?
Many people are working very very hard (I am sure a lot of us know what working hard is) and may only bring back less than sgd2,000/- per month.
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Our country is getting worse day by day. It’s a saddening HARD TRUTH that our LEEders are all shameless and greedy.
This is taxpayers’ money. Our hard-earned money from blood, sweat and tears.
If you vote for PAP, remember that you have to pay these LEEders’ undeserved salaries and bonuses through increased GST, increased COE, increased ERP, increased CPF minimum withdrawal age, increased taxes and levies, increased FTs, increased HDB prices etc etc…….for the next 5 years!!!!
God please save us Singaporeans!!!!!!
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MR. PRESIDENT, the “POOR ALWAYS PAY” for your salary! Paiseh Bo?
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Ok in this instance I think the PAP has committed poltical kamikaze..stupid stupid move to increase president salary and by so much…whoever is making this decision should have his head kok jialat jialat…surely they should have enough intelligence on the ground to know what are the key issues that some ppl are pissed off…now they just made more moderates, fence sitters to vote opposition…damn stupid man…haha I think just by this move should knock about another 3-4% swing to opposition…I think most moderates will agree.
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Wow, can anybody list down the contributions that our P has made to justify for this increase?
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The breakdown of the pay.
Half a million for performing your normal duties. (typical market rate)
3.5 millions as ‘legal bribes’ for supporting the Lee Dynasty.
Like the typical Dynasty in ancient China, high officials were paid ‘legal bribes’ to support and kowtow the Emperor, even if the emperor is a sex manic or 6 years old child.
That old asshole cunning use the technique from ancient China, to ensure that all his high ranking officials are paid ‘legally bribes’ to support his homo son as Emperor of the Lee Dynasty.
Its all ‘legal bribes’ paid for supporting the Lee Dynasty. Isn’t it true? you old sly asshole.
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Irony, they tell us: “how much do you want, 3 meal at hawker, coffeeshop or restaurant?”
can we tell them: “How much is enough? 4mil, 8mil or 12mil?” :@
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the heavens have eyes to see the good and bad things we do.
the crooked can store their treasures but they cnnot predict when they will be gone.
the good will be richly rewarded whil the evil ones will reap what the sow – they will be rewarded with their own evils,the sufferrings they caused others.
if we think we are high and mighty,the tsunami might not think so.
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Poor Always Pay…sorry hor the poor don’t pay for Presidents salary, it’s the bulk of middle incomers that is paying for it!…since I am paying for it might as well claim some freaking credit
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Now President pay increase, next will be our dearest minister.
PAP ruling becoming worse and worse. Local pay have to wait of 10 years. FT take only 3 months. KNS govt.
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Singapore’s President = World’s most expensive puppet.
USA’s President = World’s most powerful puppet.
Ha ha ha!
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Why spend 11 million of the people’s money for this dumb position, where its sole purpose is for PAP to stop anybody to dig into their dirty business of a possible misappropriation of our reserves.
If the PAP farking nuts?
The more they try to hide, the more they are telling us that there is something wrong with our reserves.
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Crime always pays……in Sinkapoor. someone like nathan who betrayed his nation would have been hung. In Europe many such were shot by a firing squad. Instead of going into hiding, Nathan blatantly accepted public office, the highest in the land, accepted salary increase without justification, how many hands did he shake? What productivity figures can he use to justify this blatant gesture which is slap- in-the-face of every suffering Sinkapoorean.
Has the OPINIONATED ONE forgottten to read the situation in his own backyard???? HE WHO MUST BE FEARED is so in awe of his own myth making that he believes in his own divinity.
Time for CHANGE. Arise, all Dragon Slayers, time to behead the Dragon.
All war criminals must pay for their treachery. First thing all opposition parties must do is rewrite constitution and incorporate a section for dealing with war criminals.
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Please forward this Email
Minister = ⁿ √ ∑∞ eviℓ
Proof of Having highly pay minister will lead to more corruption
First Minister needs money and time
Therefore:
Minister = Time x Money
We also know that time is equal to Money
Time = $
Equate to:
Minister = Time x Money
Minister = (Time = $) x Money
Minister = Money x Money
Minister = Money²
Current PM pay – 3.8Mill
The median Income – 2.4k
Ratio – 3.8milli / 2.4K = 1583
In term of work year = 1625 / 12 = 132yrs
Hence ,1 yr of Prime Minister pay is Equivalent to 132yr of the median Income aka Average Joe salaries
Also Equal in term of time as accordance to Average Joe median Wages
Minister = Time x Money
Minister = Time x Time
Minister = Time²
Minister = 132yr²
Minister = 17424 years
As we know – Money is the root of all Evil
$= ⁿ √ ∑∞ eviℓ
Therefore:
Minister = ⁿ √ ∑∞ eviℓ
And we can conclude
Minister =Evil
By removing the Root and Square
Hence to be less corrupt they need more money
Less corrupt = More Money = More Evil
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AGREED and AGREED.
The WORST thing is YET to come
2011 Election NOT offically start and yet the PAP has recommended such a HIGH percentage increase in SALARY !!
PM and the rest MP / SUPER scale civil servant the next pay increase ??
Most likely YES !
Sigh Sigh
PAP = ( Pay and Pay )
This time round really pay like CRAZY amount $$
===> Dear Opposition + PAP Supporters, Please support opposition parties all the way and do NOT let anyone to influence you. As this 2011 election is VERY Important. Might be the last time to hope for a change as you guys know there are MANY new citizens coming into singapore…
I was once like you Support PAP, BUT NOW
I am right ! PAP has let many people down and including myself…
Miracles Voting Results can be happen and it depends on you and me !
Please..Vote with your HEART…
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This is obviously a way to justify the higher salary(that is, increase in salary, it is a matter of time, for sure after the general election!!!) for PM, SM and MM, not to mention all the other XMs….
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>> A MOST PATHETIC PAP Political U-Turn:
THEN (Straits Times 21 Aug 1989 )
“To build a country, you need PASSION. If you just do your sums — plus, minuses, credit, debit — you are a WASHOUT.” — PM Lee Kuan Yew
NOW (Straits Times 5 April 2007 )
When it was put to him that people hoped for LEADERS who were willing to make sacrifices and who were not there for the money, he (MM Lee Kuan Yew) replied that these were “admirable sentiments but we live in the real world”.
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Mr Obama should seriously consider migrating to SG and run for the president seat in Sep.
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SHIT!!!!Just see how much a PAP Puppet can get!
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How can anyone in the name of working for the nation receive such money when so many ppl old young sick disableed are struggling to have three meals on their table . Add it up over the years how much tax payers paid him . He has a wife and a daughter and her son in law both lawyers how much money is enough? PAPees suck till u dry still not enough because u must pay what we are worth f them
This does not include Bonus..8 months..??? wow
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Wah Lang KLKK also get to receive so much money.
Approximately $900K increment per annum is definely OBSCENE.
How many sinkies earn this amountin their entire wroking life.
PAPies positioning themselves for 25 pct increment on their part.
Nabeh self serving gahment.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_R_Nathan#Early_life
Early life
Nathan is a Singaporean of Tamil descent; his childhood was spent with his three older sisters and parents, V. Sellapan and Apiram, in Muar, Johor, in a house overlooking the sea. His father had been posted to the Malayan town as a lawyer’s clerk for a firm that serviced rubber plantations, but the Great Depression and rubber slump of the 1930s sent the family’s fortunes crashing. Nathan’s father accrued debts and, eventually, lost his job. Which there for the family lost money and they had to find his father a new job.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_R_Nathan#Early_life
By then, the young Nathan had returned to his birthplace, Singapore, to live, and received his primary and earlier education in Anglo-Chinese Primary School in Singapore as well as the Rangoon Road Afternoon School, and his secondary/senior high school education at Victoria School. He started working before completing his studies.
During the Japanese Occupation of Singapore, Nathan worked for the Japanese civilian police as a translator.[2] After the war, whilst working, he completed his secondary education through self-study, and entered the University of Malaya (then in Singapore) where he graduated in 1954 with a Diploma in Social Studies (Distinction).
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singapore privy purse must be much more generous than many
ROYAL purses. I could hear:-
1)Her Majesty Britain Queen Elizabeth protesting “outrageous!”
2)His Majest The King Thailand screaming in envy
“$4million Singapore dallars , i.e. billion baht”
3)Brunei Sultan Bolkiah not happy, his ROYAL allowance is less than $4million
4)even many Arab Kings also want to be Singapore President
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if they are going ahead with the indecent pay increase for the minister and president, what else they cant do? be really prepare to pay 10% gst next, brace yourself if they come into power again.
vote for change vote out pap
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What can we say, they dont give a damn just increase so what can we do.
VOTE THEM OUT AS THIS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND.
Its just like opening the box and saying take what you want, as there is nobody to stop us.
OR are they preparing the ground for another President. Maybe Holy Goh.
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An increase of $890,700 for the President . Why the President never voice up against it ? Don’t he knows that before the increase, he has already over $3.5 million dollars of superhigh salary . Singaporeans will have to be taxed more again to pay this increase . So this shows us that there will be a likely rise in GST or rise in other taxes in the near future. Maybe we all should ask the President how he feels about his increase .Tell him that Singaporeans need money to survive too !
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It is soooooo unbelievable!
Million SIN Dollars for doing little
OR NOTHING!
patriot
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This wont be the last we hear from those blood suckers..
Next time they will say the Istana need a senior butler; a senior butler manager and also a prata consultant.
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Although i’m poor,this kind of pay i not “Dare” to take also! The money is full of many Singaporeans sweat and blood hard earn money,even from the poor people tax money…..
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Guys the pay is increased because the prata man is stepping down and EITHER MM or PM or could be SM taking over the post thats the reason nothing else it is plain simple
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One of the criteria (from wiki) to be a president -
* He must not be subject to any of the following disqualifications:[24]
(a) being and having been found or declared to be of unsound mind;
$4M+ a year going around shaking hand, attend functions,attend concerts, sites seeing, grace unnecessary events, appear once a year waving at citizens during national day and get paid that amount.. He doesn’t feel shy huh?
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Prata Nathan, can spare some change? I am so poor I have to recycle my own vomit.
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Was there a reason given for the increase? How would Parliament approve this without understanding the rationale? And here we have the government telling us to earn salary increases by increasing productivity?!?
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My contribution to the swearing-in ceremony: KNLBCCB.
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This Ministerial salary is just out of control. The President can just smile because he only benefits with no additional ceremonial work. After all he will be retiring with a fat pension. The PM is the second highest earning after the President so to increase pay just push the former pay higher. This is liner progression…gravity don’t apply here! Singapore Ministers’ pay use to be the highest in the world now it’s the highest in the whole universe!
It’s now ugly and shameless claimed!
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It is a fuking Shame that our useless PRESIDENT is getting a hefty increament while we singaporean is getting screwed by the foreign talent every single day.
thanks for that PAPigs, you will never ever get my vote or from my families. i will continue my propaganda to everyone i knows and spread all evil deed you have done!
SCREW YEW!!
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http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2011/03/obama-wonders-if-he-should-apply-for-next-singapore-presidential-elections.html
president’s pay RISE-component alone is almost twice obama’s annual FULL salary.
why does he need so much money? so that he can try to do something useful like ong teng cheong?
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what is inflation?
inflation is something that, in singapore, is higher than that of China or USA or Japan.
inflation means the hard earned money you have is gradually becoming worthless by more than 5% a year. soon it will be nearly entirely worthless.
how does the government protect against inflation?
by raising ministers salaries, the ministers still get to buy a lot of good things with their money.
how do you protect against inflation?
perhaps you can try stopping the people generating this inflation.
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Wow.. SGD 4m for what? To buy lots of cosmetics to look good on tv and buy hand lotion so that his hands can remain smooth when shaking hands?
This must be the best lobo job in the world. High pay, good benefits, no retrenchment, no worry of losing the job to a PR or FT, and of course, good pension.
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Just we wait. The good show for them will continue after the GE, when Ministers’ pay will rise in tandem. Otherwise it doesn’t look right when MIWs increase their own pay which overtake the Prez’s
if the latter hasn’t got a raise now.
Parliament approves his salary increase? No debate? Not a single
MP objects? Everyone a Yesman or Yeswoman?
If there is any reason to vote in opposition, this is it for they are
taking the people for fools
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All Ministers and the PM,SM,MM will get their pay increase too.This Gong Gong just the first one pushed out by the PAP to let us spit saliva….
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$4.2million for just carrying babies, shaking hands and waving during NDP? This is absolutely absurd!
Is this a reward for his past ISD work?
Vote out PAP and the President!
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this bunch of govt leaders sure know how to rob the nation coffers like no tomorrow and done it without any sense of morale. Sad…
Spore sure to die one day if allow to continue… Because monkey see monkey do…
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Isn’t it strange – he alone gets 26% or 890,700 pay increase whilst his staff gets a mere 10% or 473,600 increment. So much for staff welfare. This increment for the president does not into account the bonus that he gets – eg i believe 8 months.???
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The fat indian and his family bought the houses around his house, now the entire street at east coast is occupied by his indian family and relaives.
Obscene pay for a say yes man!!!! Singaporeans voted for this.
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Can we show him the middle finger when he wave past us during National Day?
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shaking hands and waving here n there is really hard work,the hardest of em all !
p = eh i deserve better salary dey,not easy u noe walk ard shake here n there smile n wave all that !
pee emm = okla okla i increase ur pay k..juz remain silent n do as u r told..
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why should the president get a 890,700 pay increment..?? what has he dun to warrant such increment..?? the presidentship has already made him a multi-millionaire..does he really need this hefty pay increment..?? with that kind of obscene money that he is getting, he should be donating at least half to the president’s charity – and even after the donation, he would still be very rich..!!! so mr president with your annual salary n bonus – what say u donate 3.5million to YOUR charity..??
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The whole bunch of them behave like those US corrupt bankers who cause the financial crisis. They reward themselves handsomely while others suffer.
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Opposition parties please bring up this issue again during election time otherwise the voters have short memory !
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Their usual pattern is :
First they will increase the lower rank civil servant’s salaries
Next they will push up the president pay
Finally it is their turn to fatten their PAP salaries
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Wah lau eh, so much money for the potato to be diam diam?
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Recall some time back when Parliament convened to raise the financial package assistance for the poor it took a looooooong time debating by the MPs for a mere $30 increment.
But this President’s huge increment passed thru without debate because of interested parties transaction ie Ministers and MPs are getting just as huge increment soon; and they forgot that those money comes from you and me, taxpayers who are voters and Singaporeans! During the so-called President’s Challenge for Charity the President needs not have any challenge at all; no need to come out any money, instead enjoy free show and dance with the general public donating plus the donors got to pay tax by way of GST! Any our President are basically not elected by selected; because even the high ranking wants to run dare not do so unless selected by the LEEdership! Let’s face it; if a Chinese were to be selected to run this President 100% Nanthan will be knocked out as it is impossible to have a majority Chinese to vote for another race, even for the post of Prime Minister! This is a fact which cannot be denied even
Singapore has meritocracy. Kulit-fication(Malay word for skin} counts just like blood is thicker than water!
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Will have no qualm about that
Work hard and get higher pay
hahaha, dont kid yourself…President of Singapore working hard ?
Many of us are holding 2 jobs to make ends meet…This is what we call working hard.
And Not by working hard to come out with lame excuses or strange stories to push the blame to the heavens.
Wake up just in case you are still in slumberland.
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Damn ashamed to call myself singaporean when our Ministers can just raise their salary just like that.
Donating US20,000 and US50,000 to the disaster in SriLanka and Chile respectively.
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No wonder Andrew Kuan also fighting for President! Ask yourself, did the President do anything for us the Singaporean to deserve this type of monetary? He is just a PAP lackey and work for Japanese during the WW
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With everything provided at the Istana – what does he need so much for ?
They are really testing our tolerance level – riding roughshod over
their citizen !
Time for a petition to show our displeasure ?
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What? It took the idiotic gahmen so damn bloody long to finally raise the Public Assistance rates by a mere $40 a month for each needy family. But when increasing the already obscene salaries of those millionaire politicians, it’s all done even before anyone can blink his eyes!
These arrogant chaps really have no eye for the ordinary people anymore! All that they can see is MONEY!
How different is this from corruption?
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And the President doesn’t even have absolute power over clemency petitions! Did not even utter a word over the call for legal review (or something like that) as a result of Yong Vui Kong’s case? What has he done exactly to contribute to “a strong economic growth” in such a way that he warrants a “higher variable payment”? When has the Istana become Wall Street?
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The President Challenge Charity is to get money and give to the poor.
with bonus and others it is more than 5 million. BTW for all those in office full pension.
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Andrew Kuan should have shitted and show PAP that it was black. Perhaps, the govt will reconsider.
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Breaking News!!!
Prata seller just got his pay raised by 26%!
This seller does not need to serve his people, he does not even need to put a fake smile. Just by putting a lousy bulldog face, sign a few papers, can also earn him a 26% increase in salary!
Thats the most easy and awarding job ever!
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The president gets over $4m!! Simply on the back of the level of MIW’s pay, which in turn is pegged to those high performing people who have to be accountable in their jobs and to produce the results or get the boot. Or even take financial risks. Could they give us an INTELLIGENT explanation as to why someone who has no executive power is worth that pay? See how they would remain silent or give us a daft condescending answer. Just wait and see.
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How could a country function with leaders who are despised by the people?
Now you understand why they resort to gerrymandering and to jail or bankrupt the oppositions – for making speeches.
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Why are they afraid to have all SMC’s? Because they know they will be voted out. And have to face reality competing, like in the private sector. Not making laws that allow them to dip their hands freely into public funds.
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A PRO-JAPANESE COLLABORATOR IN WWII BECAME THE HIGHEST PAID TODAY
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You want to be paid $4 millions in exchange for a dog’s life?
Come on, have some dignity in yourself!
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mr presdient sir,
i only have this to say to you and to all our ministers and top civil servants: GOD IS WATCHING US FROM A DISTANCE.
just look around you,honourable sirs,and see how your poor and jobless countrymen and their families are sufferring as you deem it reighteous and proper to reward and award yourselves despite impoverishing so many countless others.
please examine your consciences if you still believe in ‘good over evil’.
MAY GOD BLESS US ALL.
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These “public servants” keep encouraging charity events for people to donate more and more money to help the needy, but they are not leading by example. With thousands of people living from hand to mouth in singapore, every minister should be paid only a token sum instead of exorbitant salaries benchmarked to the private sector. Remember one thing, their salaries come from the tax paying public not through business run by a private enterprise. To be paid 10 times obama’s salary for being a million times less effecient as obama is simply ridiculous. I think he should just retire and sell prata as the millions paid to him can be better used to buy dialysis machines for kidney patients or pumped into some cancer research. I hope that the opposition can rise up and take the lead, i will speak with my vote on election day….
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This is the subtle hint that after election, they will probably up the PM, MM, SM and MPs salaries liao. All daft Singaporeans, vote for PAP this coming election, and you can be 200% sure that they will pay themselves more to screw up the whole island.
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it is the case of Ali baba and ben ah lee and his forty thieves
so sad, singaporean struggling to keep afloat and these thieves are enriching themselves
is there any difference between Gaddafi, Mubarak , Ben Ali and our Ali baba , ben Ah Lee and his forty thieves
They are exactly the same, clone from the same bastards
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Congradulation….to the next Mr PRESIDENT.Current President is stepping down in August,guess who is the next President.Thereafter,Minister pay also increase…well plan.The current salary cap is freezing the or stopping the Minister increment.Maybe the ruling party anticipated their days are numbered,therefore make some more monies before it is too late.Be prepared for higher GST,COE,ERP and high levy for foreign worker and more,more more.
GOD BLESS.
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#$@#$@#$ These are not public servant but a bunch or disgusting greedy pigs who serve themselves first!
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Mr. President, do realize that those poor and frail people who earn only $600 or $800 pm. have been made to pay for part of your $4,2m pay through GST.
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Oh, i got it!! His pay is correlated to the population of Sink-a-pore…$4mil+ is close to our current population number…no wonder they want to increase to 6.5mil population!! What a scam – his pay rises IN TANDEM with civil service appointments, so they increase his, so then they increase theirs, which means his pay increases, which leads to their increases, and it goes on and on…devious but brilliant!! What a sick bunch!
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Yes, when you walk through the constituencies and shake the hands of these poor and frail old men and women, please do not just put on a smile. Do give a thought also that that these poor folks contributed to your fat pay too through GST.
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there is nothing to hide. very transparent. let the whole world know that prataman can earn millions in singapore. It is also known as legal corruption authorised by pay and pay government.
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Go ask your MP. MP approve government budget, which includes President budget.
MP must vote YES because they are PAP MP, who must follow PAP whip. Else the loose their job.
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How much does it take to shut your mouth up and be a puppet on a string???
Apparently all it takes is S$4,267,500.
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The way they are going to finance this is to increase GST. The PAP is so stale and void of creative ideas that you can predict their next move. However, daft Singaporeans keep on voting them in. That’s why MM Lee call Singaporeans daft, guess this is where he was coming from.
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It is good to read the comments and yes most of the comments are right, but what can we do – dont it show what we are, or what others thinks of us, Singaporeans.
By the way,did the two opposition MPs voice any reservations or what.
We need to start by sending emails or involve in the RC’s activities whether you like it or more.
We need to be more involved rather than just writing and penning our thoughts only.
So be more active in your community and talk to your HDB neighbours and voice your opinions. Talk with your friends and we have a “Kopitiam ” conversation.
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Together Singaporeans can make a Difference.
Want a Better life, then HELP YOURSELF and do not expect others to help you.
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Useless fat prata man
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Hey i got a pay rise of 1000%.
My salary is O.00. After the raise, i got O.000.00
Wow!
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Actually, all said and done, the man at the center of this has not spoken yet! Personally I know he is a staunch Hindu, don think he is in it for the money, there must be something else going on, I reserve my comments till the fat man sings (pun intended).
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What they are doing is prepare this salary for someone who is going to ascend the Istana THRONE. Let’s wait to find out who it will be.
What we can do is also join the application process. All Sinkapooreans should obtain application forms to apply for President, because we all qualify. Most of us can nod our heads, shake hands. The world will get to hear how 5,000 Sinkapooreans queued up to apply to be their country’s president. Not just the salary but the bonus and also we get to live at the ISTANA……and maybe take a walk under the tunnel and emerge at Oxley Rise. How fun…..!!
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No wonder mummy always used to say study hard then you can be president one day … Little did I know that encompassed a hefty pay check
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Can this be in preparation for the next President, who might be MM Lee?
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Singapore’s rubber-stamp is fully diamond crusted and of pure white gold!
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Another display of poor decision making and poor judgment.
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to be fair to the president, he did not ask for the increment – the person we should be addressing this to is the finance minister tharman n the cabinet.on what basis did he n his team feels the need to increase the president’s salary ?? as it is, our president/ministers are the HIGHEST PAID in the WORLD.salary adjustment for them ( especially upward ) should not be in the equation. if these people feels that they can get a better salary in the private sector, i suggest they resign and go work in the private sector and not participate in the next election. i used to think the world of pap but of late, i have learned to respect the opposition – knowing that by being an opposition their journey will be an uphill task and yet they took the challenge because they believe they could make a difference AND that is a true definition of a SINGAPOREAN !
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This is just a stepping stone for raising the salaries of the top MPs as their salary probably cannot be higher then the president.
What have our president contributed all these years?
Shaking hands with politicians
Smiling at camera
Once a year jeep ride and waving hand during national day
Can’t even grant pardon without ‘advice’ from cabinet
I miss the days when Ong Teng Cheong was president and the large amounts of contributions he did for the nation.
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I thought PAP has always says hard work = good job/pay.
Obviously this does not apply to President Nathan.
His KPI is never question the PAP and to keep his mouth shut.
– why need golden chariot for LKY wife funeral?
– why are there electoral changes without due justifications
– why are YOG cost can increase in the 100s of millions and the poor get only increase in tens of dollars?
– why are there no accountability for the insensitive remarks by LKY on malay integration, not even a squeak or verbal reprimand.
shame on the PAP fat cats to ignore the citizens needs.
looks like he is a lame president – don’t ask & don’t tell. shake hand, shake leg and money rolls in.
if he is ever given a state funeral, it will be a grave injustice to our first and more deserving, Mr Ong teng cheong.
just plain GREEDY LAZY LAME FAT CATS is how this president is best described.
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Do not forget this is tax payers’ money you are paying yourselves freely and lavishly.
You have been able to get away with such abuses because you use intimidation on the citizens who protest as well as political gerrymandering to eliminate and cripple credible opposition leaders and parties.
You did not win the elections fairly. You have won by walkovers on Election Day because the oppositions have either been weakened or eliminated by you.
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Did the MCYS increase /provide in their budget the recruitment of an addtional staff officer to support the work of the social workers and a manager to support the social workers and to meet the higher variable payments of the social workers, who work quietly and without recognition.
Quote:
Proposing the change in Parliament, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said this caters for the “recruitment of an additional staff officer to support the work of the Council of Presidential Advisers and a butler manager to meet increased demand for butler services at the Istana, and to meet the higher variable payments on account of a strong economic growth”.
Unquote
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1. Guys Guys Guys! And do you remember that they even have a the only Supreme Labour chief who doubles up as PMO Ministir without portfolio to tell US SINGAPOREANS that “We are DEAF TO CRITICISMS”! Plus also “NO to minimum wage”! meaning it is OKAY for them have MAXIMUM-WAGE.
2. MUCH like brand “MAXI-CASH PAWSHOPS” that sprouted up in Singaporean with >20 shops in the last couple of years by Lee Wah Jewellery. It is as I heard from traditional pawnshops people I know. BIG FISH eat small fish as Hairy Lee once said decades ago!!!
3. And with poorer and poor native Singaporeans running out of even marriage & milestone occasion’s jewellery to pawn, many were not able to redeem their precious jewellery due to poverty. So the latest I saw and enquired, learned that MAXI-CASH Pawnshops are offering 1% “a month interest”? But it is actually a tongue in cheek for the first month only as it reverts to the standard 1.5% per month for the remaining 1 months. This is annual interest of 17.5% against the regular 18% rate!So savings is only 0.5% under the guise of 1% monthly or 12% annually in stead of the regular annual 18% interesr! IS THIS Hairy personality culture personified even into the market place or not?
4. Leary or sly workings going on since after 1984?
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Shameless Shameless and shameless! Money not enough?
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THey’re robber cum murderer!!!
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PAP dictatorship like those in Egypt and most of North Africa and middle east, has to “buy over” their support especially those hold power and post an immediate threat to the PAP mafia organization.
the PAP scare tactics and strategy to hold on to power with the state control mafia organization
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Simple, if they don’t increase the president’s pay by over 20%, then how to justify their own pay increase, which is akan datang!!
How to pay for all these increases??
Simple, just increase GST, COE, PUB bills, Bus and train fares etc. etc.
Is not late to vote for change!! It’s in your hands!!
Simple, just a X in the right place will do the job!!
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What is his KPI ?
Appear on charity show every year ?
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What does this Indian family do to contribute to Singapore so much so that they deserve this kind of obscene salary?
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Then you will probably keel over and die when u find out that the 4 million is only his basic salary.
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RETURN MY CPF! RETURN MY CPF! WE POOR SINGAPOREAN
ONLY HAVE OUR HARD EARNED CPF WHEN WE REACH 55 BUT
IT HAS BEEN LOCKED UP. I STILL HAVE TO WORK NOW AT
AGE OF 58 TO EARN PEANUTS TO SURVIE WHILE THIS SO CALL
PRESIDENT HAS THE CHEEK TO COLLECT THIS AMT OF MONEY AND LIVE
LIKE A KING WITH STRINGS OF PERSONNEL TO SERVE HIM.
UNFAIR!!!!!!!!
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Two things. First, has anyone noticed that the puppet’s pay is almost as much as that of his entire staff! And his staff is not poorly paid.
Second, puppet Nathan-san will be stepping down soon, so this is not for him. Which big fish, then, are they trying to buy into office?
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I believe the increase of salary is to pave the way for the next Indian President to take over from Nathan. My guess is this is guy who kenna slapped left right across the face. The guy who strongly recommended Ho Jinx to the TH CEO post.
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GST will go up again from 7% to likely 10% after GE to help our “poor” Ministers again. WTF!!
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i believe the next candidate for the president will be (GCT) AND NOT PRESENT PRESIDENT.or (LKY)THAT WHY IT HAS TO INCREASE THE PAY PACKAGE.
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DON”T WORRY THE SDP WILL GET HIM OUT THIS ELECTION.
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use my thinking. i believe they knew they will lost 1 or 2 minister coming this election so they presume aljuined grc and west coast grc so they will use the two minister to contest the president election . and for the persent presidennt will retire with fat pension as he serve 2term in office
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WWith respect to the President, is it not ludicrous for the president to be paid THAT much?
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Look at them, they formulated policies that resulted in most Singaporeans losing out, not just the lower end, when you look our pay compared to the price increases of everything especially housing, while they themselves simply decide that they do not want to lose out. So they claim every single cent even though they are already overpaid by millions!!.
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Why isnt he even waiving the increase? Instead of adopting austerity measures, they are gLEEfully adding to the Pocketlining Action Party where all its Master Predators are waiting to suck us until there is nothing left. Then they will all fLEE to foreign countries where their mansions, yatchs, and mistresses are waiting.
Nathan has escaped the hangman only bec the one protecting him was himself a collaborator so now he also needs a fellow collaborator to protect him. That’s why they fought for independence from British as the colonial masters would have hung him for treachery. So he fought so that he could hide himself. Yet he says tht LIM BO SENG, (a rich man’s son who sacrificed his life for the people of S’pore) is not a hero because he fought for the British. So who did the GREEDY LEE fight for? He sold his soul and was interpreter for the Japanese and was editor of their english language section. SHAMELESS LEE claims to be founding father….My ancesters were here before his.
No founding father ever pilfered from those he is supposed to lead over. He is VAMPIRE of Sinkapoor. Blood sucking vulture who wont even let our carcass go, from cradle to grave he exploits our people. They even have a FairPrice Casket.
Wealth and Power has so corrupted the Dynasty that they cannot see outside – the nails are waiting to be HAMMERed into the Prince And Princeling ’s coffins.
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The Fat Indian president wants to fund his expanding SINDA India association in Singapore.
They teach India nationals how to milk as much money in Singapore then buy some nice piece of land in India when they are done exploiting the labour market.
SINDA is where indian managers can hire and exploit their massively Indian subordinates with fake credentials. Just like they do back in India.
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Dang! nathan rightly deserves the increase of $890,000 to $4.3m ! He did something very important last year – remember, he wrote the book “Why am I here?”. Come to think of it, that was about the only thing he did….
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So costly. Better replace with cheaper foreign talent and save the money for Singapore tax-payer.
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That insane amount of salary can help MANY charities . Buy millions of PRATA lol
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Seriously ,
Pay and Pay will introduce MORE surprise policy that will affect you and me negatively !!
PLEASE vote PAP OUT forever…
No more pay and pay $$
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President of Singapore, THE best job of the world. Who want to dispute that?
The team of our ministers, have THE thickest skin among the counterpart in the whole wide world. Who want to dispute that too?
btw, the increment for president is only an opening of the door for the raise of the whole team later on, watch and see…..
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This company(Singapore) is making money of course it is rewarding the CEO and the rest(PAP), anything wrong??
ALL of us are just workers working under this company.
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What has this FAT ASS-HOLE done to deserve such shamefully high salary?
PAP has totally corrupted the whole Singapore system!!!
Down with the president! Down with PAP!
Rid S’pore of these corrupt animals!
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WHAT A DISGRACE ! ! !
While her citizens struggle to get even a 3 to 5 % salary increment, HOW ON EARTH ! can the president justify a 26% increase in his salary ! ! !
This is indeed OUTRAGEOUS and CORRUPT of the Pee&POO ! ! !
It is indeed the right time now to vote them out !
WTF !
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Annoymous@: ‘This company(Singapore) is making money of course it is rewarding the CEO and the rest(PAP), anything wrong??’
But that company is Singapore, owned 100% by Singaporeans but the management has done a bad job for over three-quarter owners of that company, yet PAYING THEMSELVES exceedingly for not making money for the majority of the shareholders.
These majority owners of that company did not agree to that pay but they take it anyway, regardless, having made sure that these majority owners cannot challenge them. So they simply take it at ‘gun-point’ (through intimidation of anyone who challenge them).
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the way i see it:
its money linked politics.
sick of it.
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ENTRENCHED FAT DOGS AND FAT CATS RIPPING OFF SLAVERY.
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The street news is talking about President Nathan is serving his final term.
The very reliable leaked news is Lee Kwan Yew will be the next President.
The Presidential election is due this coming August 2011.
The increment is not meant for Nathan but for Lee Kwan Yew.
Just watch this coming GE for announcement of Lee Kwan Yew stepping down as MM.
Then you can understand the ploy for his new position and increment of salary.
Basically, the salary is self corruption using public fund.
It is a shame and even more shameful of us if we vote for them again.
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unfortunately the TodayOnline article has been “removed from circulation”, due to self-censorship by our obedient Media.
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Hello, Prataman, why do you need a whopping $76,000.00 anally for entertainment ?!
That’s like almost $300 daily for fun, high-tea, shopping along orchard road, maybe ?! WTF !
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I would challenge pap to increase the salary for pm, sm and mm and also the various ministers by similar percentage, to show that they are fair to all, not just the president. And do this now, before the general election.
Let’s show the people you have guts and wisdom to do so.
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robin hood stole from the rich to give the poor.
in singapoore, the rich pap steal from the poor to further enrich themselves.
OUTRAGEOUS !
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY !
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This a poll:
Do you think the President’s Salary should be capped at SGD1m/ year?
If you agree tab on the Green Thumb / if you dont the red thumb…
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The poor get $40 increase from $360 to $400 per mth. The President get $74,225 increase per mth from the taxpayers. How many poor and sick Singaporeans are in need of help? Yet such blatant abuse of taxpayers money is legitimate whereas such money can be put to good use.
No need for any charity shows on TV to raise money for the poor and needy! Those who contibuted to such shows are idiots as it is the government duty to take care of the downtrodden! Just remove some of the redundant political posts can save millions of dollars every year for Singapore!
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Even if most of you vote for an opposition party, PAP will still win because they control everything. They know everything including who voted which party and from which block unit. Kan Ni Na!!!
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Whatever beef you might have with Nathan I don’t think there’s any reason for so many of you to use racially offensive language like “prataman” and make so many references to Indian food.
What does this salary increment have to do with Nathan’s race? Are you implying that his ‘uselessness’ is somehow linked with him being Indian and therefore his inability to do anything worthwhile except make prata? Or are you implying that Indians can only be prata-sellers so there is no prestige in having an Indian as president?
Imagine being a minority Chinese person in a white-dominated country and an un-liked Chinese politician starts being called ” Coolie” or “Chinaman” how would you feel? Great job alienating all the Indians who probably share the same views as you about the salary increment.
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You have a point,but when you think carefully what does the word ‘corruption’ really mean? The online dictionary gives many meanings of the word e.g.’decay’, ‘moral depravity’ and so on. Read the different definitions at this link:
http://www.ask.com/bar?q=moral+perversion&page=1&qsrc=2891&dm=all&ab=7&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefreedictionary.com%2Fcorruption&sg=6H8mTSbqNvZnhVC7rY6%2BfjLOwaLnl3sybLcA5OiP%2F5c%3D&tsp=1300145311256
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Just read this in Yahoo…
The 10 Highest-Paid Government Jobs in US
1. President: Barack Obama – Annual Base Salary: $400,000
2. Postmaster General: Patrick R. Donahoe – Annual Base Salary: $245,000
3. Vice President: Joseph Biden – Annual Base Salary: $227,300
4. Speaker of the House: John Boehner – Annual Base Salary: $223,500
5. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Admiral Michael Mullen – Annual Base Salary: $220,734.36
6. Chief Justice of Supreme Court John G. Roberts – Annual Base Salary: $217,400
7. Chairman of the Federal Reserve: Benjamin Bernanke – Annual Base Salary: $199,700
8. Senate Majority Leader: Harry Reid – Annual Base Salary: $193,400
9. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner – Annual Base Salary: $191,300
10. Secretary of State: Hillary Clinton – Annual Base Salary: $186,600
1 Singapore President = 10 highest paid goverment job in US..wow dun play play
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