Over 30 years of retirement, Lam would collect as much as $836,798, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chambana Sun.
The projection assumes Lam received $17,588 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Lam will have already received $54,363 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.