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[亞洲] Singapore Lee Hsien Loong,to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year
本帖最後由 kimmi8k 於 2012-1-4 12:45 PM 編輯
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Singapore's Prime Minister forced to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year, he's still one of best paid leaders in world- Lee Hsien Loong earns four times the salary of Obama and eight times wage of Cameron
- Singapore leader taking pay cut following public anger over income inequality
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+ A+ i3 p& z" e- n# }3 ?( k Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmid growing public anger over housing costs and spiralling income inequality, Singapore's prime minster, Lee Hsien Loong, has agreed to take a 36% pay cut – but he will remain the world's best-paid leader.
' Q- S" F3 k+ U# n/ ^; ^2 e公仔箱論壇Lee's office said he would accept the recommendations of a government-appointed committee to reduce his salary, as well as those of his ministers and the city-state's president.% _8 l6 ~, X( S$ ~5 G( j. M; \
Lee appointed the committee after a disastrous parliamentary election in which his party faced historic losses. The committee recommended that Lee's salary be cut by 36%, to 2.2m Singapore dollars (£1.1m).
3 r, R. e9 X5 y2 T" F6 G3 P3 Z' u4 WLee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.
. |. l( \8 t8 }1 b; EThe president, Tony Tan, faces a potential salary cut of 51%, though many observers may consider him well paid, at 1.5m dollars for a ceremonial post that requires him to perform only minor duties.( C/ G3 m" T9 U- o2 ]2 F
Salaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.
" m* I0 Z, l5 H5 K, _TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Despite the pay cut, Lee's salary will still be three times that of the Hong Kong chief executive, Donald Tsang, the world's next highest-paid political leader, who earns about £353,000 a year.
2 i8 c3 _! R# ?" T! O( {; VBy comparison, Barack Obama, as president of a country of 312 million people that also has the world's most powerful military and the top economy, earns £256,000.. b4 L. ?- _! Q& @" |( `& u. b7 O
David Cameron makes do on £143,000; the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, collects £194,000; and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, earns £190,000.5.39.217.76 L! u/ L1 ?" o/ e9 Y
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The salaries of Singapore's leaders soared in the 1990s, when they were benchmarked to an average of the highest private sector pay in Singapore.5.39.217.761 A6 y9 q: `; ]
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4 K3 P5 W& @- z9 \& y# u' o公仔箱論壇LEE HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)
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`- o% }. `: ~$ [3 [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)
3 D- p3 X w9 I [$543,500 (£348,000)
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& r2 \# y- o, P' ?% }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbYOSHIHIKO NODA (Japan)公仔箱論壇0 R& j1 A% n) e" f1 J
$513,000 (£329,000)
$ a4 z! Q8 ^6 G: \& A4 f5.39.217.76
$ R9 l- b: _7 D- b) D& j! zBARACK OBAMA (USA)
' v$ H6 f R# o0 }$400,000 (£256,000)
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JULIA GILLARD (Australia)
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NICOLAS SARKOZY (France)
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ANGELA MERKEL (German)- [ T/ {9 y+ {! R3 }7 y
$296,000 (£189,000)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 m* K* B# M# _0 s2 f4 W0 u7 |) Y
+ M2 r% m8 L( ~3 ` i5.39.217.76DAVID CAMERON (UK PM)9 X8 x+ ?+ \4 x5 ?7 b! |! E
$222,000 (£142,000) |
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