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[亞洲] Singapore Lee Hsien Loong,to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year
本帖最後由 kimmi8k 於 2012-1-4 12:45 PM 編輯
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# ?2 e Z/ }# k$ E公仔箱論壇Singapore's Prime Minister forced to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year, he's still one of best paid leaders in world- Lee Hsien Loong earns four times the salary of Obama and eight times wage of Cameron
- Singapore leader taking pay cut following public anger over income inequality
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' b7 i; h) X$ V; t! n( G1 UTVBNOW 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。
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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.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。6 S1 o, U1 N- @. p1 q$ K! B) X9 s
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.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。/ k& p: y9 s; z- d0 E r
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).
0 O. o* g* _2 {; g2 b6 m7 d' p. w5.39.217.76Lee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.
! u2 U. j6 N# e" itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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.
4 o* j( m9 ]8 ^9 YSalaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.
0 I& v& z: \' G( z. \5.39.217.76Despite 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' O7 l$ K- B) ?! X
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 £256,000.5.39.217.761 c% W! a" q1 z( e6 [+ Q- K
David Cameron makes do on £143,000; the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, collects £194,000; and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, earns £190,000.# f+ s4 E) T/ t/ s- Q
5 O, R/ t7 d) ?! [公仔箱論壇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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, n+ Z9 ` V# L1 y' _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLEE HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)
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; a# {* A. E/ ^% [ gDONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)
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$513,000 (£329,000)$ o0 R) e" w' e: e/ N
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BARACK OBAMA (USA)5.39.217.76& m' H& p& j0 E' h
$400,000 (£256,000)
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, ?- l; S7 r, F# t( TJULIA GILLARD (Australia)
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$302,000 (£193,000)- c! N3 \/ ]) Y
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$296,000 (£189,000)
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Z2 |( W. ?2 Y, y# d4 {5.39.217.76DAVID CAMERON (UK PM)
' T$ `% F5 ?7 W5.39.217.76$222,000 (£142,000) |
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