PUBLISHED ONSeptember 08, 2026 4:41 AMBYKoh Xing YingPrime Minister Lawrence Wong said he will donate the full increase in his salary under the Government's revised political pay framework to "suitable good causes" for the next five years, assuming he remains in office.
Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday (Sept 8), PM Wong said that under the revised framework, the benchmark for an MR4 minister will rise from $1.1 million to $1.8 million a year.
The Prime Minister's salary is set at twice the MR4 benchmark.
PM Wong said that while the Government would continue to pay him the salary provided for under the framework, he had decided to donate the full increase in his salary to "suitable good causes" for the next five years, assuming he remains Prime Minister.
"This is my own decision. I do not expect other officeholders to do the same," he said.
"As a general rule, I do not believe in making a public show of charitable giving. So I want to be clear about how I will personally handle the increase and why I am taking these changes forward because I believe they are in Singapore's interests."
PM Wong added that at the end of the five-year period, he would review the position afresh, taking into account the circumstances at that time.
"I fully expect to continue supporting good causes, as I have always done. But I do not want to make an open-ended public commitment, or to create an expectation that future Prime Ministers may feel obliged to follow," he said.
This comes as the Government implements revisions to the political salary framework, which it says are necessary to ensure Singapore can continue attracting capable political leaders and building a strong political team.
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