Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong · 2026-09-11 · 23 min
Singapore's political office holders are getting a one-off pay increase of up to 9%, the first revision since 2011. But is higher pay really the key to attracting and retaining political talent? The bigger debate goes beyond the salary figure: if money shouldn't be the main reason people enter politics, how should political office holders be paid and what actually makes public service attractive to capable people from different backgrounds? On The Big Story, Hongbin Jeong speaks with Malminderjit Singh, Founder and Managing Director of Terra Corporate Affairs , about what Singapore's latest salary revision means for political talent, incentives and the future of public service. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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