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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - Singapore MPs are paid pensions for life</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%" align=right><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>wwwDRAGONwww <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>Apr-4 4:31 pm </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 30) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>47131.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>Singapore MPs are eligible for pensions. A Wikipedia article on the parliament of Singapore says:
Persons who have reached the age of 50 years and retired as MPs and who have served in this capacity for not less than nine years may be granted a pension for the rest of their lives. The annual amount payable is <SUP>1</SUP>⁄<SUB>30</SUB> of the person's highest annual salary for every completed year of service and <SUP>1</SUP>⁄<SUB>360</SUB> for every uncompleted year, up to a ceiling of two-thirds of the member's annual salary.
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