关于高薪养廉问题的一场对垒——新加坡《部长与高级公务员薪金标准白皮书》解析

Disputes over the Problem of Nourishing Honesty by High Pay: Analysis of Singapores White Paper on the Salary Criteria For Ministers and Senior Civil Servants

1994年10月,新加坡政府向国会提交了《以具竞争性薪金建立贤能廉洁政府——部长与高级公务员薪金标准白皮书》(以下简称《白皮书》),其基本思路是高级公务员的薪金与企业界的薪金标准挂钩,旨在通过较大幅度地提高高级公务员的薪金标准,稳住政府人员的优质结构,保证政府总体行为的廉洁高效。尽管政府方面为此作了大量的宣传论证工作,但在政府高官内部,意见也不十分一致。在国会方面,不论是态度温和的间接型,还是措辞激烈的直接型,反对意见几乎众口一词。通过本文论述,意在说明高薪养廉是个十分复杂的问题,即使是在新加坡对高薪养廉亦有不同的视角。

In October 1994, Singaporean government submitted White Paper on the Salary Criteria for Ministers and Senior Civil Servants to the parliament, with the intention of ensuring the honesty and efficiency of the governments overall behavior through raising the salary criteria for senior civil servants by a greater margin. Despite a great deal of propaganda and argumentation on the port of the government, the opinions among senior officials have not arrived at a consensus。