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[亞洲] Singapore Lee Hsien Loong,to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year
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4 S S0 p, d. P' `$ Ewww.tvboxnow.comSingapore's Prime Minister forced to take 36% pay cut - but at $1.7million a year, he's still one of best paid leaders in world- Lee Hsien Loong earns four times the salary of Obama and eight times wage of Cameron
- Singapore leader taking pay cut following public anger over income inequality
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1 L- a* W6 x w' H, x# Y公仔箱論壇Amid growing public anger over housing costs and spiralling income inequality, Singapore's prime minster, Lee Hsien Loong, has agreed to take a 36% pay cut – but he will remain the world's best-paid leader.
- C, Z6 H& T5 W2 p5 g公仔箱論壇Lee's office said he would accept the recommendations of a government-appointed committee to reduce his salary, as well as those of his ministers and the city-state's president.4 ~6 B% E. ~9 g, f# B; x! J! h
Lee appointed the committee after a disastrous parliamentary election in which his party faced historic losses. The committee recommended that Lee's salary be cut by 36%, to 2.2m Singapore dollars (£1.1m).. O$ Q6 f$ B5 P! Q
Lee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.! h3 g5 d- P0 g! H8 B5 R) a
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.www.tvboxnow.com0 A7 a6 F0 L% H3 _8 }
Salaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.8 Q: e. n' s) r) v/ u
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.
8 } y s5 I1 w2 Y( Y9 Awww.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 £256,000.4 D- ]6 ?0 e& v3 G
David Cameron makes do on £143,000; the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, collects £194,000; and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, earns £190,000.公仔箱論壇% D5 d3 I* V! F
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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./ [( p; \6 P6 C0 A6 _& E
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' i/ e/ d& ~, @www.tvboxnow.comLEE HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)
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- X& D- t9 L( O7 f( J0 Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)
3 d- G6 y# e8 ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$543,500 (£348,000)
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YOSHIHIKO NODA (Japan)www.tvboxnow.com7 x& s/ p* P o5 }7 e* J+ T
$513,000 (£329,000)
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7 z/ ~% b$ [2 }' nwww.tvboxnow.comBARACK OBAMA (USA)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。9 b1 ^% O! V3 D/ v6 r) J e8 I
$400,000 (£256,000)公仔箱論壇# s+ t5 J3 ?# P/ R" U6 @
* T' J, ^8 i, K' G9 aJULIA GILLARD (Australia)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。) k3 X2 J2 R d& i& {& Z/ p
$379,000 (£243,000)www.tvboxnow.com. }: K a. ]: D3 v7 l
( O/ [, ?# R7 X% l d2 t* pNICOLAS SARKOZY (France)
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ANGELA MERKEL (German)www.tvboxnow.com" f6 W. `; L% V! {( i+ i( i' N
$296,000 (£189,000)www.tvboxnow.com' ~. \/ K. I# x- t( z' a
& r- |6 A7 h( c* D3 t) y6 Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDAVID CAMERON (UK PM)
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