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[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 $1.7million a year, he's still one of best paid leaders in world- Lee Hsien Loong earns four times the salary of Obama and eight times wage of Cameron
- Singapore leader taking pay cut following public anger over income inequality
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Amid growing public anger over housing costs and spiralling income inequality, Singapore's prime minster, Lee Hsien Loong, has agreed to take a 36% pay cut – but he will remain the world's best-paid leader.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( p# W9 Q) W% L4 u3 C6 ^
Lee's office said he would accept the recommendations of a government-appointed committee to reduce his salary, as well as those of his ministers and the city-state's president.
( `) t- L! y5 T& i# e, f7 g9 jLee appointed the committee after a disastrous parliamentary election in which his party faced historic losses. The committee recommended that Lee's salary be cut by 36%, to 2.2m Singapore dollars (£1.1m).
. [# Q7 U9 f' m0 K8 }; P) V/ \Lee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.公仔箱論壇5 }) W6 L) W: J) p/ Z
The president, Tony Tan, faces a potential salary cut of 51%, though many observers may consider him well paid, at 1.5m dollars for a ceremonial post that requires him to perform only minor duties.0 Q. U9 V* H6 y) E( B( P: u
Salaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.公仔箱論壇, E/ G# q( g' Z2 X |3 U; z
Despite the pay cut, Lee's salary will still be three times that of the Hong Kong chief executive, Donald Tsang, the world's next highest-paid political leader, who earns about £353,000 a year.
* e W" f% P; l# ^: X* H1 o( N$ bwww2.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 £256,000.1 p& o5 a4 ?$ i& `
David Cameron makes do on £143,000; the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, collects £194,000; and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, earns £190,000.8 G" o( o7 W3 \6 R3 t9 R
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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) g) W3 H" W/ m8 _" E/ ]% x
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LEE HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)公仔箱論壇$ k/ o8 |3 k) H# _: r
$1.7m p/a (£1.089m)
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DONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)
/ X) p% T' D+ n/ u9 w9 `$543,500 (£348,000)www2.tvboxnow.com1 u# p; R; x! O; F5 j# t
/ M, k, t$ e9 `; |3 c, Twww2.tvboxnow.comYOSHIHIKO NODA (Japan)
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BARACK OBAMA (USA)公仔箱論壇, C5 e6 u3 D8 j2 M V1 a! A& n
$400,000 (£256,000)
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8 x4 s l5 ^) D$379,000 (£243,000)
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& [8 M7 ^$ N# }, T( n4 f$ G# \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNICOLAS SARKOZY (France)
# H6 g5 `/ Z# T( |" h; k$302,000 (£193,000)6 x# M f& o* T
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$ \% {9 [4 `' Y; N/ C, S公仔箱論壇DAVID CAMERON (UK PM)
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