PM Wong to donate pay increase after political salaries review: 'I don't expect other officeholders to do the same'黄循财总理在政治薪酬审查后表示，将捐出增加的薪酬：“我不指望其他官员也这样做”。
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said he will donate the full increase in his salary under the Government's revised political pay framework to "suitable good causes" for the next five years, assuming he remains in office.Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday (Sep 8), PM Wong said that under the revised framework, the benchmark for an MR4 minister will rise from $1.1 million...
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said he will donate the full increase in his salary under the Government's revised political pay framework to "suitable good causes" for the next five years, assuming he remains in office.
Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday (Sep 8), PM Wong said that under the revised framework, the benchmark for an MR4 minister will rise from $1.1 million to $1.8 million a year.
The Prime Minister's salary is set at twice the MR4 benchmark.
PM Wong said that while the Government would continue to pay him the salary provided for under the framework, he had decided to donate the full increase in his salary to "suitable good causes" for the next five years, assuming he remains Prime Minister.
"This is my own decision. I do not expect other officeholders to do the same," he said.
"As a general rule, I do not believe in making a public show of charitable giving. So it is right that Singaporeans should know what I have decided, and that I am taking these changes forward because I believe they are in Singapore's interests."
PM Wong added that at the end of the five-year period, he would review the position afresh, taking into account the circumstances at that time.
"I fully expect to continue supporting good causes, as I have always done. But I do not want to make an open-ended public commitment, or to create an expectation that future Prime Ministers may feel obliged to follow," he said.
This comes as the Government implements revisions to the political salary framework, which it says are necessary to ensure Singapore can continue attracting capable political leaders and building a strong political team.
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黄循财总理表示，如果他继续留任，他将把政府修订后的政治薪酬框架下增加的全部薪酬捐赠给“合适的公益事业”，为期五年。
黄循财总理周二（9月8日）在国会表示，根据修订后的框架，MR4部长的基准薪酬将从每年110万新元提高到180万新元。
首相的薪水设定为MR4基准的两倍。
黄之锋总理表示，虽然政府将继续按照既定框架向他支付薪水，但他已决定，如果他继续担任总理，未来五年内，他将把薪水增长的全部部分捐赠给“合适的慈善事业”。
“这是我自己的决定。我不指望其他官员也这样做，”他说。
“一般来说，我不赞成公开炫耀慈善捐赠。因此，新加坡人民有权知道我的决定，我之所以推行这些变革，是因为我相信这符合新加坡的利益。”
黄总理补充说，五年期满后，他将根据当时的具体情况重新评估这一立场。
“我完全有信心继续支持公益事业，就像我一直以来所做的那样。但我不想做出没有期限的公开承诺，也不想让未来的首相感到有义务效仿，”他说。
与此同时，政府正在对政治薪酬框架进行修订，政府表示，此举是为了确保新加坡能够继续吸引有能力的政治领导人，并建立一支强大的政治团队。
邢莹.koh@asiaone.com