Three-fold hike in salary of Sarawak ministers, assemblymen

Politics & Government 2013
Written by Bernama
Tuesday, 21 May 2013 19:40
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KUCHING (May 21): The monthly remuneration of the Sarawak chief
minister, deputy chief minister, ministers, assistant ministers and state
assemblymen will rise by three-fold under a bill approved today by the
state legislative assembly.
The Members of the Administration and Members of Dewan Undangan
Negeri (Remuneration, Pensions and Gratuities) Bill 2013 also provides
for an increase in the remuneration for the state assembly speaker,
deputy speaker and political secretaries.
The remuneration of the chief minister will rise from RM13,000 to
RM39,000; deputy chief minister, RM11,500 to RM35,000; senior
minister and state assembly speaker, RM9,000 to RM30,000; ministers,
RM9,000 to RM27,000; assistant ministers and assembly deputy
speaker, RM7,000 to RM21,000; state assemblymen, RM4,500 to
RM15,000 and political secretaries, RM3,000 to RM9,000.
The bill provides for the increase in remuneration to take effect from Jan
1 last year. The last adjustment in the remuneration was in 1992.
Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh said a review of
the remuneration was done in view of the increasing expectations of the
people.
"Sarawak is as big as Semenanjung (the peninsula) and a lot of
members of the Dewan Undangan Negeri (state assemblymen) have to
cover a large territory, particularly those who serve the rural areas," he said.
Wong said the new bill would take effect by next week and the exercise was expected to incur RM17 million in state funds,
inclusive of the backdated pay from last year.

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