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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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4th January 2012
! g0 d& d: G: E1 K. ~- vSingapore'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.
/ ^& D4 j/ N5 \) ETVBNOW 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。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.
7 |+ g+ H" a& nLee 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).公仔箱論壇5 C, \2 D! L7 z
Lee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.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。/ e, V8 n% S( Q( V
The 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.
& d) H5 E I0 stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSalaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.
) K7 ~& j5 X3 c/ K: {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.公仔箱論壇( G: u1 S, j! u/ w y; P6 \
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.
; e+ O9 ~4 c8 h5.39.217.76David 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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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.- v" }/ m1 ~# [' |. P# |
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/ n4 ?4 @; ?5 y6 b$ ~ j, B3 {LEE HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)$ V& J( C* h# g+ T. b5 g
$1.7m p/a (£1.089m)
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, R* `5 T" T" Z9 V9 e7 Q4 A# ~5.39.217.76DONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)
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' v) j' t$ x( L o, b4 C' s5.39.217.76YOSHIHIKO NODA (Japan)
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# ]. k4 Z0 X* J+ b) P$ Y9 VBARACK OBAMA (USA)5.39.217.767 M! B4 Y; ~" \) u- a |
$400,000 (£256,000)
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: S: t" ^. p+ \; i7 J0 ]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。JULIA GILLARD (Australia)
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NICOLAS SARKOZY (France)0 u2 g. |# @' T* |( G6 I, {
$302,000 (£193,000)/ ~/ x6 ?- e5 e0 z" a( ~6 F
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ANGELA MERKEL (German)- k) t0 o0 b0 j3 O9 e% J
$296,000 (£189,000)
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$222,000 (£142,000) |
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