Govt accepts raising ministerial pay, to make one-off salary adjustment of up to 9% to $1.2m

The Government will raise the salary benchmark of ministers at the MR4 grade — the lowest of four tiers — to $1.8 million, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced in Parliament on Tuesday (Sept 8).The norm annual ministerial wage has remained at $1.1 million since 2011.In a ministerial statement on Tuesday, PM Wong said the Government accepts the new benchmark level...