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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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Singapore's Prime Minister forced to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year, he's still one of best paid leaders in world- Lee Hsien Loong earns four times the salary of Obama and eight times wage of Cameron
- Singapore leader taking pay cut following public anger over income inequality
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2 J& C0 c( [$ Y- X9 G7 L; i公仔箱論壇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.5.39.217.76& p7 J% U6 K8 f& ^" l
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.
6 R( p! R1 D: A- z- W+ jLee 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).
1 k* {1 L: W+ ^; }% k- `9 ELee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.+ P3 o/ A' Y4 \. @ o% W
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.8 G% F3 i6 f! I' W6 A
Salaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.
$ x1 `5 v1 l& s, |% i. \/ y; b* _5 ^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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 i m% F; U3 l
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.
2 s1 v2 \: m! j! c# f5 xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDavid 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 V# B2 W2 N5 c4 w5 P& x7 LThe 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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1 Y9 i6 i% u& r- r. b) [公仔箱論壇LEE HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)
& O' m. ]' F# P' z5 `公仔箱論壇$1.7m p/a (£1.089m)公仔箱論壇( a! T3 `1 _8 M) u6 l) ^
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DONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)
: `* u: V. w8 `8 C$ ]$543,500 (£348,000)
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: i7 q! y' f, q K公仔箱論壇YOSHIHIKO NODA (Japan)5.39.217.76/ z' h6 d: N* a0 k
$513,000 (£329,000)
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. K. W: l+ F* |8 y2 g, G6 |BARACK OBAMA (USA)
* }+ D$ d& X& B/ R$ d$400,000 (£256,000)公仔箱論壇4 ]$ v! P0 C: l6 s6 s- X$ `% ]
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JULIA GILLARD (Australia)
0 ^. S8 n* F5 D! xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$379,000 (£243,000)
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: J$ R% x) z5 k9 G7 `/ ? iNICOLAS SARKOZY (France)
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ANGELA MERKEL (German)
2 }- d) ?/ K# ^4 U; A$296,000 (£189,000)
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DAVID CAMERON (UK PM)
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