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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
" r" t( u' r6 S: KSingapore's Prime Minister forced to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year, he's still one of best paid leaders in world- Lee Hsien Loong earns four times the salary of Obama and eight times wage of Cameron
- Singapore leader taking pay cut following public anger over income inequality
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Amid growing public anger over housing costs and spiralling income inequality, Singapore's prime minster, Lee Hsien Loong, has agreed to take a 36% pay cut – but he will remain the world's best-paid leader.
1 q# g, c4 j) R2 x: _5 Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLee's office said he would accept the recommendations of a government-appointed committee to reduce his salary, as well as those of his ministers and the city-state's president.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& S: c2 W% t5 T, ]) p( ?
Lee appointed the committee after a disastrous parliamentary election in which his party faced historic losses. The committee recommended that Lee's salary be cut by 36%, to 2.2m Singapore dollars (£1.1m).
/ d9 t: }8 {- Y6 n( w+ j+ G8 ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.
' @$ U! N7 P) K Y4 k; R公仔箱論壇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.
, u; v$ P# s# `3 j) W0 i4 g* }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSalaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.
! j/ K4 D m6 ]& JDespite 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.5.39.217.76+ _, D, A" N" u* i: N: F$ P
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.
3 b: I$ n6 ^. i$ S" f, [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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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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World Leader's Wages5.39.217.76 x# a/ _& ]+ ^" ?2 D6 c- B
# B& L5 O0 I5 k. XTVBNOW 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 HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)5.39.217.762 x$ Q6 N, a- ^3 Y6 p. B
$1.7m p/a (£1.089m)
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DONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)
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YOSHIHIKO NODA (Japan)5.39.217.76; ~$ R& h, [/ B7 Q
$513,000 (£329,000)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( H8 ?4 Q6 [% T5 q X4 t3 x t; U
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BARACK OBAMA (USA)
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& L% g: c% X% ~: A: d' p# A5 ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbJULIA GILLARD (Australia)8 x% ~. [( a! r y c/ w7 O
$379,000 (£243,000)
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NICOLAS SARKOZY (France)公仔箱論壇' Z8 O( |. N6 Y- Z, Q! W' v
$302,000 (£193,000)
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ANGELA MERKEL (German)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ E8 o0 g0 c- v" Q! i
$296,000 (£189,000)5.39.217.766 ]/ v* Y" R5 a9 v
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DAVID CAMERON (UK PM)公仔箱論壇1 F# K" S, L8 U1 r6 n' Q
$222,000 (£142,000) |
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