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Ministerial pay to rise by up to 9% in first adjustment since 2011

PM Wong said ministerial salaries had fallen further behind private sector and civil service salaries in the last 15 years.

Salaries for political officeholders were last updated in 2012, with the changes backdated to 2011 when the new term of government started.

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