# Public service ‘must never be motivated by financial profit’: Tan See Leng

https://mins.news/en/video/52550

- CNA, 2026-09-10 07:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0PUThDL-n8

> Minister Tan See Leng said that if money had been his main consideration, he would not have entered politics. Speaking during Parliament’s debate on political salaries, he reflected on the personal and financial sacrifices involved in leaving the private sector and said he wanted to give back to Singapore and its people.

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