Dr Vivian Balakrishnan said:
"I want to categorically tell everybody that this was not a decision which he made under pressure. This was a conscious, deliberate decision made by Prime Minister using his heart and head to make what I believe was a wonderful gesture,"
When asked if he would donate his pay increase,
"I will follow the Prime Minister's advice in that we do not believe in ostentatious generosity. Generosity should be a private matter, and something which all of us should do out of our own discretion. So I don't think any minister is going to engage in this public ostentatious display of generosity."
Hello...!! Are my eyes playing tricks? I just saw Vivian B calling PM Lee's donation of his pay rise as engaging in a "public ostentatious display of generosity", so he says he doesn't think any minister is going to follow that move.
ReplyDeleteProvided of course, presuming that what I read on this website has not misquoted him?
Robert L