Singapore boosts PM’s salary by $1m amid major pay rise for ministers

Singapore's prime minister has been given a $1m pay rise as part of a major salary boost for government ministers.

• Singapore's prime minister salary increased by $1m.
• Government ministers received a major one-off salary boost.
• The pay increases add over 60% to existing ministerial salaries.
• Singapore has the world's highest ministerial salaries.
• The government justifies high salaries as a means to attract talent and ensure good governance.

The pay increases add more than 60% to what are already the world's highest ministerial salaries, justified by the government as a means to attract talent and ensure good governance.