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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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Singapore's Prime Minister forced to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year, he's still one of best paid leaders in world- Lee Hsien Loong earns four times the salary of Obama and eight times wage of Cameron
- Singapore leader taking pay cut following public anger over income inequality
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9 S, t) b3 T, n9 u2 \. B5.39.217.76Amid growing public anger over housing costs and spiralling income inequality, Singapore's prime minster, Lee Hsien Loong, has agreed to take a 36% pay cut – but he will remain the world's best-paid leader.5.39.217.76+ m1 O) a. s7 j# f) w, c5 K5 C: y
Lee's office said he would accept the recommendations of a government-appointed committee to reduce his salary, as well as those of his ministers and the city-state's president.
' D9 m: e7 D4 ?% g) L3 a: @Lee appointed the committee after a disastrous parliamentary election in which his party faced historic losses. The committee recommended that Lee's salary be cut by 36%, to 2.2m Singapore dollars (£1.1m).
- n' {) Q/ M4 ?5 }1 Y& f" ]Lee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.
1 ]& _+ ?) e: E! f' IThe president, Tony Tan, faces a potential salary cut of 51%, though many observers may consider him well paid, at 1.5m dollars for a ceremonial post that requires him to perform only minor duties.2 R) }- b2 [3 ?6 A- m0 }
Salaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.
* j; n" h: N& {9 i$ L) E3 A, gTVBNOW 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。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.
0 S; p& U% x+ f3 JBy 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.
- d. T& {* y. I$ H# Q* Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDavid Cameron makes do on £143,000; the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, collects £194,000; and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, earns £190,000.9 t: u" x4 ^$ S q+ j4 y
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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)
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! `- s' t1 H# `; ]$ g! @DONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)
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: n/ [+ {6 P% |& Y, vYOSHIHIKO NODA (Japan)
$ J! o. N' K9 u6 u [6 b0 J9 K公仔箱論壇$513,000 (£329,000)
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5 w7 e9 K. c- j- N' {4 K1 J$ {公仔箱論壇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。( {, p6 d$ B/ o" h
$400,000 (£256,000), k- x w( M7 H4 [9 C9 l" R& p
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 K6 Q; U3 N# C7 |
JULIA GILLARD (Australia)
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$302,000 (£193,000); @ {# d' w. R% f! R9 j- m. O
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ANGELA MERKEL (German)4 {' i2 X V2 d1 g2 g* ]& H( c, u
$296,000 (£189,000)
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7 v/ \7 {4 _( W" |1 b/ dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDAVID CAMERON (UK PM)* t! U% v" N8 U" v
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