Tuesday, April 26, 2005
reason enough to break my bond and become a lawyer
...He [Lee Kuan Yew] pays them [judges] breathtaking annual retainers: a supreme court justice receives S$700,000, plus a minimum bonus of 3-months' salary -- that is to say, S$75,933 per month -- apart from other perks and privileges, while the chief justice is paid S$1.4 million, besides an official residence (or an housing allowance in lieu thereof), a chauffeur-driven car, among other handsome perks and privileges.
As a Queen's Counsel pointedly queried, "Is this kind of money a salary or an income of permanent bribery? How can any of them [the judges] afford to disagree with a government that treats them with such a largesse?"
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As a Queen's Counsel pointedly queried, "Is this kind of money a salary or an income of permanent bribery? How can any of them [the judges] afford to disagree with a government that treats them with such a largesse?"
# posted by Kitana @ 4/26/2005 04:46:00 PM 
