In 2018, Goh Chok Tong said: "So I look for Ministers, anybody who wants to be paid more than half a million, I won’t take him. You are going to end up with very very mediocre people, who can’t even earn a million dollars outside to be our minister. Think about that. Is it good for you, or is it worse for us in the end?" Woody Goh clearly stated that anyone who does not earn at least $1 million per year is "mediocre". No wonder his son tried to earn more than $1 million per year by hook or by crook.