Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Saturday vowed to review the million-dollar salaries of cabinet ministers after voters expressed their anger over the issue in the May 7 election.
Lee said he had appointed a committee to review ministers' salaries shortly after he and his new team from the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) were sworn in for a new five-year term.
Although the PAP was returned to power at the polls, it lost six seats to a revitalised opposition and saw its share of the popular vote fall to an all-time low.
One of the main gripes during the campaign was the high level of ministers' salaries, along with the large intake of foreign workers and increasingly expensive housing and living costs. More...
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