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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
5 [8 }/ J i+ `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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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.5.39.217.767 F4 d8 b+ G* _& v
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." L) r7 B% _" W: l4 v
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& E, p2 o3 {. f7 k
Lee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.* v0 A' v0 ^; R; v; `/ B/ N+ e" x
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.5.39.217.76% Z8 h6 X# I: Q* l
Salaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.
' _. L, F7 @) Q T: U# n- j5.39.217.76Despite 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,bttvb; K/ G7 E, b5 }
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.
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5 m. l" R5 h6 [) e) G7 [7 @6 OThe 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)! D% l9 S# G3 F$ b1 ~7 k
$1.7m p/a (£1.089m)
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5 Z( Z( l: \' k) dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)
6 }* n4 a# h k" ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$543,500 (£348,000)公仔箱論壇; E8 D7 d! T7 v! Q7 [2 P; [2 ?
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YOSHIHIKO NODA (Japan)
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BARACK OBAMA (USA)
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" b, }8 E: U6 F+ `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbJULIA GILLARD (Australia)+ r$ B9 l; J c! j/ m# g
$379,000 (£243,000)6 W' I& J/ X: S: v- X$ f
9 f9 u# S, P) k* W& kNICOLAS SARKOZY (France)
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ANGELA MERKEL (German)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 x1 d* z: T! `! Q8 E
$296,000 (£189,000)
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1 B H/ J+ n! _& v1 \1 b, `+ u5 aDAVID CAMERON (UK PM)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 W P7 k- ~2 N( J/ A$ l
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