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[亞洲] Singapore Lee Hsien Loong,to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year
本帖最後由 kimmi8k 於 2012-1-4 12:45 PM 編輯
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4th January 2012
. n; f" n$ H/ p' C- b' K5 Y" @! R0 {5.39.217.76Singapore's Prime Minister forced to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year, he's still one of best paid leaders in world- Lee Hsien Loong earns four times the salary of Obama and eight times wage of Cameron
- Singapore leader taking pay cut following public anger over income inequality
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8 e1 @4 K$ `! Y/ Z6 f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.
3 g/ x5 Q7 u/ H% \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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* f# Z$ \ A0 ~; E
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).; }* B( k2 L! J$ N% K, X2 c
Lee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.+ T/ W/ I0 G" g& `; s# k* y/ S
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* c, F- f) q+ d
Salaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.
4 L5 ]$ v9 n( x% r4 |' ?7 _0 YDespite 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.公仔箱論壇& M& B1 e: C8 E+ l3 z: H' v# i% Y6 o5 x
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 D: }& t# ~! T- w; p+ Htvb 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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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.: w, P/ n% Z% F1 k9 I8 g! ?* D2 B& a& @
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3 \4 D6 C/ \# k( ^$ ETVBNOW 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。LEE HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# i! p2 X. A8 m% q. Y7 | W+ j+ i( ]
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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。' {$ }6 C0 _' Z9 H
$543,500 (£348,000)( N; O% c$ T) O) E5 g9 H' M4 O& b( d) v
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BARACK OBAMA (USA)
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$379,000 (£243,000)
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NICOLAS SARKOZY (France)
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7 S: w) `& S& x0 |$296,000 (£189,000)公仔箱論壇9 A% K l8 W$ Q( i" Y2 w
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DAVID CAMERON (UK PM)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。/ n0 w3 k( W7 ~- E) t1 H
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