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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 公仔箱論壇1 M, z0 l& k) P6 v8 g, a- r0 q
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Singapore's Prime Minister forced to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year, he's still one of best paid leaders in world- Lee Hsien Loong earns four times the salary of Obama and eight times wage of Cameron
- Singapore leader taking pay cut following public anger over income inequality
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* h. ]9 L2 c& Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmid growing public anger over housing costs and spiralling income inequality, Singapore's prime minster, Lee Hsien Loong, has agreed to take a 36% pay cut – but he will remain the world's best-paid leader.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; k4 L( {' ~; o
Lee's office said he would accept the recommendations of a government-appointed committee to reduce his salary, as well as those of his ministers and the city-state's president.tvboxnow.com. p2 J1 s7 u6 A2 s" l
Lee appointed the committee after a disastrous parliamentary election in which his party faced historic losses. The committee recommended that Lee's salary be cut by 36%, to 2.2m Singapore dollars (£1.1m).tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 K: ^; ? h* H
Lee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# t$ R) t% n# o' q9 F! |4 j
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.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。3 B# ]/ c! i' L4 F8 @
Salaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.
6 \/ r3 v. V9 ^* v* H A: \$ X% W公仔箱論壇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.; `! l1 \5 g2 c2 L: N" D
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 F4 G$ F5 y3 ~5 l
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: E N3 k0 }% @. Z
& D$ p# l- c+ ]: U, S; m5 Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe salaries of Singapore's leaders soared in the 1990s, when they were benchmarked to an average of the highest private sector pay in Singapore.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。 S( N( S3 y) q i4 \
% [( K! H3 _, h( K4 w& C; O/ ztvboxnow.comWorld Leader's Wages
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. L$ V3 i, X X6 d, p! E& ktvboxnow.comLEE HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)
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DONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)
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1 n1 j! V2 `" c" l* ?4 }tvboxnow.comYOSHIHIKO NODA (Japan)
P3 j# ?3 `8 p$ O- Q4 ?& l/ }3 Y7 ftvboxnow.com$513,000 (£329,000)公仔箱論壇2 I ^: X5 P0 d7 M
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$400,000 (£256,000)
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JULIA GILLARD (Australia)tvboxnow.com5 z- b8 `4 {6 l+ f
$379,000 (£243,000)公仔箱論壇8 D+ A) v8 k. a5 c( ?3 T
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NICOLAS SARKOZY (France)
/ l0 ?4 G3 I5 V. ?$302,000 (£193,000)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 d3 c; A: Z9 `, u' [" u
9 X4 H% S4 {# C; htvboxnow.comANGELA MERKEL (German)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- _/ ]2 p1 a* x1 s2 g- ?5 ^
$296,000 (£189,000)
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