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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 Y' _* X' {0 f4 l
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Singapore's Prime Minister forced to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year, he's still one of best paid leaders in world- Lee Hsien Loong earns four times the salary of Obama and eight times wage of Cameron
- Singapore leader taking pay cut following public anger over income inequality
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Amid growing public anger over housing costs and spiralling income inequality, Singapore's prime minster, Lee Hsien Loong, has agreed to take a 36% pay cut – but he will remain the world's best-paid leader.' T5 u) n: Q! w1 s, h
Lee's office said he would accept the recommendations of a government-appointed committee to reduce his salary, as well as those of his ministers and the city-state's president.公仔箱論壇. E# u0 @, x8 J# ~2 @( _0 W
Lee appointed the committee after a disastrous parliamentary election in which his party faced historic losses. The committee recommended that Lee's salary be cut by 36%, to 2.2m Singapore dollars (£1.1m).2 P' U, T6 Q2 d( I2 Q: m
Lee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.
* F' j5 s8 Y, b# q' I0 Q; p; ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe president, Tony Tan, faces a potential salary cut of 51%, though many observers may consider him well paid, at 1.5m dollars for a ceremonial post that requires him to perform only minor duties.0 s- r$ W4 F$ J9 E! e ^
Salaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.
6 A4 P! A) c d. E1 t: N4 B1 @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. e; O$ v5 n% ?/ j
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.
; C: }8 u( ~& d& i% X' Y, c5 s$ i- ^5.39.217.76David 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.8 C! W+ G. ?, [4 o" R2 g% T
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0 w! v2 U- a; u8 A5.39.217.76LEE HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)公仔箱論壇( o6 b( L' T0 e
$1.7m p/a (£1.089m)
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$543,500 (£348,000)
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5 e0 Z+ b: F( N, ]( z0 V/ k* M公仔箱論壇$513,000 (£329,000)
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BARACK OBAMA (USA)0 N& V2 X; [0 k3 {: _. M
$400,000 (£256,000)! ?5 u7 x2 e# C: O
4 h1 ^4 }; M% \JULIA GILLARD (Australia)
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NICOLAS SARKOZY (France)公仔箱論壇. h7 T2 e/ g/ ]+ A0 T- [) R# d
$302,000 (£193,000)公仔箱論壇5 r3 u/ `# x+ d' }. |
6 J5 n" B3 S: _6 y5 b5 B+ CANGELA MERKEL (German)
8 a1 }3 ?& ?. M' e5 {2 X5.39.217.76$296,000 (£189,000)
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1 z5 |8 H$ K# dDAVID CAMERON (UK PM)4 X: ?8 t6 Y( V+ |
$222,000 (£142,000) |
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