[亞洲] Singapore Lee Hsien Loong,to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year

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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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9 I8 N" f& y  Q! a3 {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.
, o' X: y  P: m  C1 aLee'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# U+ b5 A  V! ?/ |; g5 `- x" b
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).) m0 S8 _, X( m+ D9 F% t
Lee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.公仔箱論壇; \7 }7 X; G) q% z
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.
! ]7 R: Q- a9 ^; J' v+ TSalaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.
1 _; G" y9 t+ k0 ^8 z; BDespite 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.
. s: ?2 M  y$ `  `/ R" j6 b8 M% ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBy 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, ~" A! n& t: a3 ?" z2 `" a
David Cameron makes do on £143,000; the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, collects £194,000; and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, earns £190,000.5.39.217.764 y6 F* F  d# v. e
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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.% Z% T  R& c9 y4 y$ n

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2 S+ g: Z: Q0 q$ t# DLEE HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)
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DONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)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。0 _# n  E0 W* M  P, K3 F2 K
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YOSHIHIKO NODA (Japan)
, t4 c8 J! e+ `. V. e: F5 F* K公仔箱論壇$513,000 (£329,000)
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$400,000 (£256,000)
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JULIA GILLARD (Australia)
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