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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 www2.tvboxnow.com2 N% Y# b; \$ h% w
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Singapore's Prime Minister forced to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year, he's still one of best paid leaders in world- Lee Hsien Loong earns four times the salary of Obama and eight times wage of Cameron
- Singapore leader taking pay cut following public anger over income inequality
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Amid growing public anger over housing costs and spiralling income inequality, Singapore's prime minster, Lee Hsien Loong, has agreed to take a 36% pay cut – but he will remain the world's best-paid leader.
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Lee appointed the committee after a disastrous parliamentary election in which his party faced historic losses. The committee recommended that Lee's salary be cut by 36%, to 2.2m Singapore dollars (£1.1m).
+ l0 F6 j: G6 ^9 `Lee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.
; H3 ~9 e+ D; n% Z8 J. }www2.tvboxnow.comThe president, Tony Tan, faces a potential salary cut of 51%, though many observers may consider him well paid, at 1.5m dollars for a ceremonial post that requires him to perform only minor duties.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。/ V h! C8 l2 S2 {
Salaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.www2.tvboxnow.com3 V3 h: I% _, _# |: C* C" g3 w- ]. ~1 k
Despite the pay cut, Lee's salary will still be three times that of the Hong Kong chief executive, Donald Tsang, the world's next highest-paid political leader, who earns about £353,000 a year.
4 k1 m$ i& }2 z u8 }+ f' a3 Ywww2.tvboxnow.comBy 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.
+ V) ]! S, V/ v0 z4 i# EDavid 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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% p' r4 N! V) C9 m/ O8 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.www2.tvboxnow.com. B2 b% B7 ?& K0 `! {: e! R! _
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LEE HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)- R8 h' \) G" Z8 f. J! C' }
$1.7m p/a (£1.089m)公仔箱論壇$ E# I& M) E, C# M8 {4 \9 h5 a* D( |
' q* \' A' s( w9 g/ K# zDONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)
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6 m* X' E) F' \8 A- Z2 r& Z, iBARACK OBAMA (USA)
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JULIA GILLARD (Australia)
- [7 q: N$ S9 w' R; _: A& G) v, Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$379,000 (£243,000)TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。# |0 p( i! A+ u9 S# [0 [! ^: ]
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NICOLAS SARKOZY (France)公仔箱論壇. r; Y$ G1 {0 r e# z4 X. ?/ c
$302,000 (£193,000)www2.tvboxnow.com' e7 c0 x! `, W1 y! W
2 s$ x8 b' x3 a7 a1 W8 X公仔箱論壇ANGELA MERKEL (German)
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