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==== Ministerial salaries ==== | ==== Ministerial salaries ==== | ||
In January 2012, Fu's comments on ministerial salary cuts drew public attention and sparked debate on compensation for public officeholders. | In [https://www.facebook.com/theonlinecitizen/posts/pfbid02nWKLL8bbf1FZBnQE2dn7h7a9EsMpr2HddZwXqpvsfGbmcQxm3AgkeQCcHgGfVKSnl?__cft__[0]=AZU-_MX7YQch55gpJKXxf8LBz2_-7X0AWQNs42iFt1Z2ZL0oHeUT-Rb2LIfHc7GJjHYOaRvOWPCumXuqM5yUlLJz_eGtKn0iBHBoVxtfIlC-A6KH1AyT5SGtn0VCBu9jL_kjKDyU31DN_Y93KdfJV5SjF7I4mBETkZYq9OyyLBOYCQ&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R January 2012], Fu's comments on ministerial salary cuts drew public attention and sparked debate on compensation for public officeholders. | ||
"When I made the decision to join politics in 2006, pay was not a key factor. Loss of privacy, public scrutiny on myself and my family and loss of personal time were. The disruption to my career was also an important consideration. I had some ground to believe that my family would not suffer a drastic change in the standard of living even though I experienced a drop in my income. So it is with this recent pay cut. If the balance is tilted further in the future, it will make it harder for any one [''sic''] considering political office.” | "When I made the decision to join politics in 2006, pay was not a key factor. Loss of privacy, public scrutiny on myself and my family and loss of personal time were. The disruption to my career was also an important consideration. I had some ground to believe that my family would not suffer a drastic change in the standard of living even though I experienced a drop in my income. So it is with this recent pay cut. If the balance is tilted further in the future, it will make it harder for any one [''sic''] considering political office.” | ||