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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 5.39.217.764 U' @/ L' e# \ A' N7 g
& F9 a% x3 f; x+ T h6 O公仔箱論壇4th January 2012
, ~) Q* i- @8 h* o1 USingapore's Prime Minister forced to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year, he's still one of best paid leaders in world- Lee Hsien Loong earns four times the salary of Obama and eight times wage of Cameron
- Singapore leader taking pay cut following public anger over income inequality
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Amid growing public anger over housing costs and spiralling income inequality, Singapore's prime minster, Lee Hsien Loong, has agreed to take a 36% pay cut – but he will remain the world's best-paid leader.公仔箱論壇, a9 i v% b* R+ z* w' I
Lee's office said he would accept the recommendations of a government-appointed committee to reduce his salary, as well as those of his ministers and the city-state's president.
; V8 r/ P0 F0 V; `+ y- {Lee appointed the committee after a disastrous parliamentary election in which his party faced historic losses. The committee recommended that Lee's salary be cut by 36%, to 2.2m Singapore dollars (£1.1m).
8 F# H$ a" _/ e% a$ S5.39.217.76Lee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.
+ e6 l! x0 M9 V7 o" V0 jThe 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.3 t T( U( n8 T" |$ o) x
Salaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.
; o5 j$ ]- n3 @$ v3 U. O J5.39.217.76Despite 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.* s0 o) } l# X1 |. S1 R
By 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.
, \6 }0 A/ y! H2 x! c5 S2 Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDavid Cameron makes do on £143,000; the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, collects £194,000; and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, earns £190,000.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。7 r, g9 {! b- i+ O- N& i% v$ B
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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.
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7 @; ?* h {% E" Q" T9 z1 M- z8 kWorld Leader's Wages5.39.217.765 h; ?9 W ~+ [: K" ?* a
" y: D: E# l, ?3 E E5.39.217.76LEE HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)
% \1 R7 H* @2 Q1 N6 H/ B5.39.217.76$1.7m p/a (£1.089m)5.39.217.76) O; a1 D1 H3 F/ M/ P2 I! j
- ?- {$ E9 k0 a& [) V公仔箱論壇DONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)5.39.217.762 s: z4 w5 f" n3 ]0 Z
$543,500 (£348,000)
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YOSHIHIKO NODA (Japan)TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。0 Q) r3 ~* S: b: R$ H6 z, B2 s
$513,000 (£329,000)
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* p2 V- p/ g6 QBARACK OBAMA (USA)
( x# V" F( h3 F% Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$400,000 (£256,000)
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2 o9 G- z. f/ d( K: U! O; RJULIA GILLARD (Australia)
! m1 {2 T5 @$ J$379,000 (£243,000)
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NICOLAS SARKOZY (France)
2 Z( S/ {0 I% H2 Z6 P$302,000 (£193,000)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。+ U. g# q0 Z4 u( `( O& {- s# Z7 |
( ^/ ]( i) D' O9 T3 z* htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbANGELA MERKEL (German)% A1 A: ^5 S1 O; D" U a
$296,000 (£189,000)
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DAVID CAMERON (UK PM)
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