csl,
Any official allowance, that's fine with me. And the entertainment industry don't only earn money from the govt alone but I'll just take it that U missed out that point. The news report that I read (don't ask me to look it up and paste it here but I'm sure I have read it) says that personal holidays are paid by govt also? I just feel that personal expenditure like holidays, etc. should not be covered by govt@country's money. They're earning a good income, so they should use their income for personal items. Maybe some things like utility bills for their homes can be covered by govt but personal holidays?
The thing that sums up just that bit more is that the country is hardly improving and the cost of living is increasing, and there're also people who are still trying to earn a better living out there. The state of the country in general is not all that good. Yes, we may not have wars like iraq, or whatever, but are the govt contented by just comparing to a country that's near to non-comparable with our country? For petrol, they compare with other countries but did they compare the earning power, the cost of living, the incomes of citizens, the state of the country (we are still an oil producing country, you know), exhorbitantly over taxed prices of cars (and maybe other stuff too), etc? From my point of view, or at least from how the govt is portraying themselves to the citizens, they are not looking at a wider view. Or at least, that's from my point of view and that's the impression I'm getting from the govt.