PoliticsSingapore PM defends political pay hike as 'responsible course to take'

Singapore’s prime minister said on Thursday that he had thought “long and hard” about raising the salaries of ministers and lawmakers. Although their pay is already among the world’s highest, he said the increase was needed to attract talent into government.

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