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

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3 Z# @' x8 E, q4 N. e+ a5 q1 u公仔箱論壇4th January 2012
; u! W% C& }/ w4 Z  O. Z6 B* Q# A) U5.39.217.76Singapore'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.2 P2 ~7 {7 w* J% w7 [% i
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.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。( C$ b$ e& c) b2 x( w- X8 C
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).公仔箱論壇6 z3 T0 X& v3 Q% M9 h
Lee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.
+ R. u0 }4 F7 x" q! f& Z; JThe 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! c& e' A' [9 F: R* b
Salaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.7 d3 g; K5 m" k# i. e- x
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.
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David 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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) ]+ i6 g( h4 B7 g0 M# t' zThe salaries of Singapore's leaders soared in the 1990s, when they were benchmarked to an average of the highest private sector pay in Singapore.公仔箱論壇5 d+ U# \( m3 a+ R! g
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World Leader's Wages
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9 N& H- h% i* Y; `( a公仔箱論壇LEE HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)
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! E1 _  D- V+ X5.39.217.76DONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)5.39.217.768 I( z* F' F# n- a: y+ V
$543,500 (£348,000)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& W: n' k& \# R
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YOSHIHIKO NODA (Japan)
3 j9 H! ]2 I( t; {' d$513,000 (£329,000)) o, a5 o1 h" p  B' l
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BARACK OBAMA (USA)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。/ Z( J6 n# }4 d
$400,000 (£256,000)5.39.217.766 G. G+ K* Z* Z+ n# G

% b" U, X; X  W! t" R' \9 u: s5.39.217.76JULIA GILLARD (Australia)
( t) R, J: C4 M+ S$379,000 (£243,000)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。, i6 k" p9 H' z) m4 \
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NICOLAS SARKOZY (France)
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ANGELA MERKEL (German)# Q) k7 o6 A; |2 k# l6 r9 r
$296,000 (£189,000)TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。1 O6 Z# g0 y$ O( J. Z5 P; ~! n

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$222,000 (£142,000)

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