Time to abolish the ministerial million-dollar salary packages

The lack of talent among our ministers is today the real cause for concern. About 6 months ago, I posted on my facebook wall that the root cause of the recent spates of MRT trains breakdowns was electrical and I wondered why the judge and prosecutor has not raised this issue in the inquiry into the matter and why the department concerned has failed to check the factory mill certificate on the cable specifications. True to this prediction, now Minister Lui Tuck Yew has had to admit that the cables were at fault and they have to be replaced at a total cost of some S$13-14 millions. One wonders why this matter was not properly investigated in the inquiry and it is only after the inquiry that the public has had to face a collosal bill of S$14 mil. Who is to bear this loss? It looks like despite paying them millions in salaries at the end they fail to anticipate the influx of millions of foreign new citizens would cause disruptions to our trains and other facilities. It is time to abolish the million-dollar ministerial salary packages and open the foors for more middle- and lower-level passionate people to come in to serve the people firstly to save taxpayers some monies and secondly to apply their practical knowledge in their respective callings to strengthen our economic competitiveness.