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[亞洲] Singapore Lee Hsien Loong,to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year
本帖最後由 kimmi8k 於 2012-1-4 12:45 PM 編輯 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! a: W7 K2 X0 K0 N+ d
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1 w& B' }! [7 w# n$ y; J9 NSingapore's Prime Minister forced to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year, he's still one of best paid leaders in world- Lee Hsien Loong earns four times the salary of Obama and eight times wage of Cameron
- Singapore leader taking pay cut following public anger over income inequality
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$ b6 ^: \1 `6 ~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.
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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).5.39.217.76! b( B8 z8 \6 u6 [# C
Lee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.5.39.217.768 q0 c+ k: p+ `1 j0 ?, m
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. J; e1 I. ^( V4 A" f
Salaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.
3 R2 \2 H# o3 L! B( o8 K& oDespite 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.
' z; ^& G" U& A, K8 j6 G \5.39.217.76By 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 £256,000.5.39.217.76( m: z5 D- y' \3 v9 D' P
David Cameron makes do on £143,000; the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, collects £194,000; and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, earns £190,000.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# J' [! @: Q8 N* K& S, w
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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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LEE HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)
* T8 U. H9 a$ Z$1.7m p/a (£1.089m)公仔箱論壇# q% `% n! {7 a( g. k& O& _* |
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。8 ?2 Y8 B+ L% r3 P! H! g
DONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)
6 h- y+ E2 A' I, ~' Y5.39.217.76$543,500 (£348,000)
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* J8 A0 S! M3 f zTVBNOW 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。YOSHIHIKO NODA (Japan)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 M& n3 Y- c/ q! }8 N2 _
$513,000 (£329,000)
`( F" x- J t" Q: Q5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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。' L9 V' H! g5 @) e2 y
BARACK OBAMA (USA)
, x3 h2 d9 i6 e7 p) h2 z$400,000 (£256,000)
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/ E) ?: c" M" Z3 R1 v& t5.39.217.76JULIA GILLARD (Australia)5.39.217.765 w |0 G* e/ Y( }- {
$379,000 (£243,000)" X; u) H, A, r
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NICOLAS SARKOZY (France)% O' F! H' u) r3 y9 h, g8 w
$302,000 (£193,000)# R. b/ G3 s1 L
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ANGELA MERKEL (German)
, i8 F9 k2 ]' `& V* VTVBNOW 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。$296,000 (£189,000)5.39.217.769 m. f5 ~5 Q& ^: ~! m" b
' Y+ w$ j' e- n: c8 R2 a5.39.217.76DAVID CAMERON (UK PM)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 b% w9 ?* ]9 f5 Q; ~4 u
$222,000 (£142,000) |
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