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[亞洲] Singapore Lee Hsien Loong,to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year
本帖最後由 kimmi8k 於 2012-1-4 12:45 PM 編輯
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4th January 2012
, ?$ W5 N7 \5 n( q5 WTVBNOW 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。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.
; V; r+ t, w& F公仔箱論壇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.
( |. K6 d3 x! _. p P/ o7 k8 g5.39.217.76Lee 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).
7 a6 k) L3 I6 c( E6 hLee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.
$ U4 p+ K2 A0 I2 ?$ @. ?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.公仔箱論壇9 M' I5 t( n# ^/ n/ q
Salaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! ]! a! F4 W( r5 y8 U) p, z n
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.5.39.217.765 S6 {' b' N( r9 m
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.
. P/ d. Y4 y1 I& G# H6 S% _% w/ J5.39.217.76David 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.
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3 U% R6 Y' @) m. vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWorld Leader's Wages公仔箱論壇' ^; @6 x0 J3 f& b8 a3 c! M
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LEE HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)
7 Z- k2 g3 J1 x% p6 B4 U2 k5 K5.39.217.76$1.7m p/a (£1.089m)
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+ E) {" S) ~! S2 c! }7 vDONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)
4 _ q5 A% Q* y- d7 R- M* G$543,500 (£348,000)
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$513,000 (£329,000)
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BARACK OBAMA (USA)
2 q" J5 t" o: ]$400,000 (£256,000)
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: Q- ?/ b7 L3 U7 X7 m& Z; r7 l5.39.217.76JULIA GILLARD (Australia)
! B6 Y6 C; K7 _/ C3 a公仔箱論壇$379,000 (£243,000)
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5 D" c0 z* _- m) l- I) ]/ xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNICOLAS SARKOZY (France)
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ANGELA MERKEL (German)
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