Government Salaries to Rise



Civil servants are all in line for pay rises. Supplied



Khmer Times/May Titthara
Monday, 24 October 2016

Prime Minister HE, ministers, secretaries of state and 2,500 other civil servants and political figures will receive substantial pay rises after the Council of Ministers approved a draft of the 2017 Draft Law on Financial Management on Friday.

During the cabinet meeting, Mr. HE said the government’s improved ability to collect taxes would cover the costs of the new national budget, which has increased by almost $1 billion over this year’s $4.27 billion figure.

“The government has the ability to collect revenue to support the operations of the government. Now we have money we can raise salaries for civil servants,” he told the assembled ministers.

He said his own salary, now 3.6 million riel (about $900) a month, would almost treble to 10 million (about $2,500). Ministers will now receive 4.5 million riel ($1,115), secretaries of state 3.5 million (about $850), undersecretaries of state 2.8 million ($700) and some 2,500 assistants and advisers will receive an extra 80,000 riel ($20) a month.



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my toes cant stop laughing, does this give the impression that nobody will be corrupted after the salary increase?

"my toes cant stop laughing, does this give the impression that nobody will be corrupted after the salary "

Why not at all. It's election time, election time in for a nickel out with a dime.

He said his own salary, now 3.6 million riel (about $900) a month, would almost treble to 10 million (about $2,500).


Time to stop laughing. Our top man deserves a decent salary. How can he possibly donate large sums of his money to markets that have been burnt down if he has to live on a tuk-tuk drivers salary. Besides that , remember the old saying, if you pay peanuts you will end up with [ three or maybe two ] monkeys.