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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 公仔箱論壇- ^- }. `) n& z, B
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Singapore's Prime Minister forced to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year, he's still one of best paid leaders in world- Lee Hsien Loong earns four times the salary of Obama and eight times wage of Cameron
- Singapore leader taking pay cut following public anger over income inequality
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( }2 s& ?) [7 N/ [0 e5.39.217.76Amid growing public anger over housing costs and spiralling income inequality, Singapore's prime minster, Lee Hsien Loong, has agreed to take a 36% pay cut – but he will remain the world's best-paid leader.5.39.217.76) T S: e0 Y4 v4 O( F1 O
Lee's office said he would accept the recommendations of a government-appointed committee to reduce his salary, as well as those of his ministers and the city-state's president.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 X7 b+ E8 w3 c5 Y/ }$ f
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).tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( \. A9 p' {9 B* ^# K! Q
Lee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.
' p. U9 M$ J7 p, }4 X% u6 VThe 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.8 j# f# s7 m$ b; t$ A* l' U& G
Salaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.5.39.217.76# F6 f6 \4 B; G% Z9 ^: v
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.
6 v7 n4 @1 @9 X: rBy 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 £256,000.5.39.217.76' M9 \: C" n, R U8 L
David Cameron makes do on £143,000; the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, collects £194,000; and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, earns £190,000.
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1 g, o' I# g7 r" r% kThe salaries of Singapore's leaders soared in the 1990s, when they were benchmarked to an average of the highest private sector pay in Singapore.; f; a/ c5 g3 ?" L/ V8 B- A
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% n- z0 D C+ t0 d# @- n5.39.217.76LEE HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)公仔箱論壇& H& l9 h0 d* y# o
$1.7m p/a (£1.089m)
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DONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)( k) N; I- \+ O
$543,500 (£348,000)' n1 V3 b2 n: H5 B6 x
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YOSHIHIKO NODA (Japan)
# {, s/ j# H* W$513,000 (£329,000)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 k" _( R) m9 O+ y5 A% k/ P; n
! b+ C/ Z0 ] B5 B4 Y. CBARACK OBAMA (USA)) \4 ]+ S7 |9 l# h8 {' e- v
$400,000 (£256,000)公仔箱論壇! u* f( M) |. ?# t; j5 d i0 S
/ o/ P n) ?0 s' K% [3 _. x7 T- RTVBNOW 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。JULIA GILLARD (Australia)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。# V3 C, M" G. Y8 r' m4 r& z) _% f
$379,000 (£243,000); J, w3 } L, M$ f X; G$ F
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NICOLAS SARKOZY (France)
) n' ?+ D. D/ `* e! z/ O/ `$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。3 \& _" ?( Q8 C8 ], D6 \2 @1 H' }& T
0 z' ?3 H0 q: }! p+ t9 jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbANGELA MERKEL (German)5.39.217.761 p& }+ V" R r& ?0 Q
$296,000 (£189,000)5.39.217.764 O' F1 D4 M/ g/ F, ]8 O3 |" Q
' B: x( J7 C: r+ ~1 H" R! V) ?5.39.217.76DAVID CAMERON (UK PM)
; n8 C1 a" J* n公仔箱論壇$222,000 (£142,000) |
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