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Changes to President, Istana expenditure

• dragg

  11 Mar 11, 09:57

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  Mar 10, 2011
  Changes to President, Istana expenditure
  
  By Zakir Hussain
  
  Parliament approved the allocation of an additional $1.25 million to the Civil List, which specifies the salaries of the President, his personal staff, and expenditure. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
  
  PARLIAMENT on Thursday approved the allocation of an additional $1.25 million to the Civil List, which specifies the salaries of the President, his personal staff, and expenditure.
  
  The amount set aside for the President's salary is $4,267,500, up from $3,376,800. The entertainment allowance remains unchanged at $73,000. The amount for staff salaries increases by $471,600 to $4,532,400.
  
  Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said these increases were to cater for an additional staff officer to support the work of the Council of Presidential Advisers, a Butler Manager to meet the increased demand for butler services at the Istana, and to meet higher variable payments on account of strong economic growth.
  
  The President's salary rises in tandem with that of political, judicial and civil service appointment holders. Meanwhile, the sum for Istana expenses was cut by $25,300 to $2,068,300. The total sum allocated for the Civil List is $11.6 million.
  
  For the next financial year, Mr Tharman said this overall sum will remain unchanged, but the allocation for the president's salary and allowances will drop to $3,782,000 due to lower variable payments anticipated.
  
  An extra $610,000 will be set aside for the Presidential Swearing-in Ceremony which is likely to be in late August.

• dragg

  11 Mar 11, 09:58

  how i wish i can be the president.

   

• 570

  11 May 11, 14:07

  ie: S$10,000 per day, can u spend this much everyday in a SG context?

• The man who was death

  12 May 11, 00:28

  Originally posted by 570:

  ie: S$10,000 per day, can u spend this much everyday in a SG context?

  can mah, u go rws

• Lynsaf

  12 May 11, 11:12

  Think if ever there's a local charity asking for money, we know where to direct them to

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  12 May 11, 11:23

  Now May le...

   

  Why post March news?

• Rock^Star

  12 May 11, 11:26

  What has prata man done to warrant SGD4m a year? lol. I'm really puzzled. Maybe ST can do an insight into his daily duties.

• dragg

  12 May 11, 11:44

  Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

  Now May le...

   

  Why post March news?

  
  this thread was in march.

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  12 May 11, 12:35

  Originally posted by dragg:

  
  this thread was in march.

  
  oh sorry...

  Didn't notice someone digged old thread...