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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6 H" ^8 E) q0 }; [6 ~
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4th January 2012
% T; n4 Q( a1 b8 m- |6 b公仔箱論壇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.* l* V* u. Y" T
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.
- z( ^% Z! m) m5 Q公仔箱論壇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)." m: m# v& K0 n
Lee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.8 H8 E: G2 @+ F8 r* q
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.
" T% A1 f! I" k* b/ ATVBNOW 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。Salaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.
+ l/ j. B7 x1 X# h" h0 |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。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.www2.tvboxnow.com* e2 z- G, X+ V" O" l' j5 a& `
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.: U1 ^8 @5 H9 S2 M
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,bttvb2 v9 A& P5 }) W( Z
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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.www2.tvboxnow.com% h# m! ~# r4 n: S, o B* L5 _; Q" p
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LEE HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)
% v1 o& D1 n* _+ U7 G公仔箱論壇$1.7m p/a (£1.089m)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- s/ `( f- L6 h5 C, A, z: P
4 j! [: h' H' d" ewww2.tvboxnow.comDONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)www2.tvboxnow.com8 z" ? d9 F/ g) n
$543,500 (£348,000)! W2 j0 z _# S, e9 i
0 x4 u& o. E; i, }, Q) [7 }YOSHIHIKO NODA (Japan)
9 o& @6 v3 Q8 i5 d$513,000 (£329,000)
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( @' t4 @) C; C' _2 P! `www2.tvboxnow.comBARACK OBAMA (USA)3 f& [5 W' h1 k- ~' f( E6 t
$400,000 (£256,000)$ Z, f9 ?# c! K0 C9 `
$ M0 F; R( t O3 Rwww2.tvboxnow.comJULIA GILLARD (Australia)
( q2 ]' e" w, E) Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$379,000 (£243,000)
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8 e1 s7 i- u7 k+ g, b0 V2 \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$302,000 (£193,000)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 u% l$ X; d, \1 t4 h3 ]3 H8 d
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ANGELA MERKEL (German)
6 P/ u; I0 Y+ W3 k0 Awww2.tvboxnow.com$296,000 (£189,000)www2.tvboxnow.com a; ~9 z1 c, z# q% K- F
4 j. M- y( T( m% GDAVID CAMERON (UK PM)
, X" H0 A6 @/ Q' M5 N) _ f公仔箱論壇$222,000 (£142,000) |
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