Budget debate: President, ministers to take 1-month pay cut; special bonus for front-line public officers tackling Covid-19

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All MPs will take a one-month cut in their allowance and some senior public service officers will take a half-month pay cut.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE - The President, all Cabinet ministers and political office-holders will take a one-month pay cut in solidarity with Singaporeans coping with the coronavirus outbreak, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Friday .

The front-line workers will include many healthcare officers in restructured hospitals and the Health Ministry, as well as some officers in other front-line agencies who have been directly involved in fighting the Covid-19 disease, he told Parliament. "While we cannot thank them enough, we can show our appreciation and support in a tangible way," he added in a speech rounding up three days of debate on this year's Budget.

 

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