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

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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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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." I# E$ K  `9 g, J( h
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.公仔箱論壇+ H5 z5 \+ |; W+ g0 }" C. d
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).
3 |8 ~  j' f' o, r7 \( @( wLee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.
0 w; G$ [( d. W3 h+ Y2 x4 LThe 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* i) |* Y0 }4 u3 y0 t( ^
Salaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 m+ ~, X( J, k/ f( |
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.
6 l1 P. M2 _9 {4 r8 y8 vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBy 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.www2.tvboxnow.com9 l" v6 s1 j0 V/ y8 Y
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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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)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。$ p. ~/ }& U0 `# B. P3 `5 e5 O
$1.7m p/a (£1.089m)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 ]3 x5 Y+ z7 u6 }. J. c
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DONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)
9 z9 A/ Q6 [, e/ I* \0 S* Z8 ~1 E$543,500 (£348,000)www2.tvboxnow.com/ k/ S8 C* {0 i) E
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YOSHIHIKO NODA (Japan)6 B# L7 e- X/ P7 r6 Q3 r) S* i
$513,000 (£329,000): e7 Y* q0 h! K+ y

2 j: R0 m; I3 Y4 N+ ?& n5 ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBARACK OBAMA (USA)www2.tvboxnow.com6 u0 `7 b, i+ ]" S
$400,000 (£256,000)www2.tvboxnow.com2 @7 B9 J& N. C5 I3 p
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JULIA GILLARD (Australia)
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NICOLAS SARKOZY (France)) U$ Z3 I. ]! t
$302,000 (£193,000)2 K+ p9 O- D/ o* X! o

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$296,000 (£189,000)www2.tvboxnow.com- i. h3 f/ S9 Z- @& ?

- r3 Y( s0 P# J( oDAVID 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。2 j1 u5 d4 G  s8 E# W, t. V( v0 \
$222,000 (£142,000)

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