Toc Tv - Leong sze hian speaks on ministerial pay

Hey Auntie Lucy! Good to see you again! Did you read the news or not? Wah, civil servant got pay raise leh You know last year, sorry this year huh The NWC recommend $60 increase for low wage workers so the civil servant the poorest one lar the division four one huh, division four like storekeeper this type huh, division four the pay increased by $70 So the salary range now is about $1200 to $1400 leh Wah very good to be civil servant right? Then huh, somebody asked me you know? Wah, you know forty years ago how much the minister pay or not? I said how I know? But anyway somebody sent me one document from 1973 from parliament one leh So this document, you want to guess or not How much was the minister pay in 1973? In 1973, the minister of state's pay was $2500 a month leh Wah, fast forward to 2013, forty years later Even after the ministerial pay reduction like was it last year or a year ago Wah the minister of state the pay huh now, is from one thou.. 1.1 million to around 1.5 million leh. Wah, that means huh one day huh, the minister of state get about $3000 over dollars So compared to the lowest rank division four civil servant huh, the minister of state the one day pay $3000 plus is more than 3 times the monthly pay of the lowest civil servant from $1200 to $1400 leh Wah, luckily I didn't study hard when I was young leh Otherwise if become minister huh, too much money don't know what to do leh! So in the last forty years, from 1973 to 2013 The minister of state the pay huh, increased by about 45 times you know? From $2500 a month, 1973 to 1.1 to around 1.5 million huh in 2013 So if I take say 1.5 million huh its about 45 times you know? So of course lar, then how people ask if the minister pay go up 45 times how many times did the civil servant pay go up Division four one huh, I don't know lar at that time 1973 huh is long time ago mah Somebody tell me at that time the division four pay is about $100 plus a month so now they get about $1200 to $1400 range so maybe increased about 10 times after 40 years lar So ministers increased 45 times, division four officer increased 10 times Ah.. that of course people would ask What about division one, division two, division three right? Somebody told me that division one, that means those have degree one huh in 1973 the pay is about $400 plus a month leh Now I understand the starting pay for division one with degree is about $3000 plus so increased maybe about 8, 9 times only Wah...so don't study so hard leh The one with degree increased 8,9 times. The one with no degree increased 10 times Of course lar, the one scholar or what wah, minister of state one huh 45 times leh! Ok? so you want to be a minister or a division one or division four? Subtitles by the Amara.org community