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

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$ ], E- ~8 j7 ?9 Cwww.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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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.
+ U- `2 ^7 {# |3 o- n+ r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.公仔箱論壇" g; ?( g+ g5 s2 ~* m9 B
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).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% k% H6 f8 Q0 [/ f$ R
Lee has served as prime minister of the prosperous city-state since 2004.
: j" O) l; P9 e, Ywww.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.www.tvboxnow.com3 M9 A8 }% G# ?
Salaries for government ministers will be reduced by 37% to an annual 1.1m dollars.
8 P, g) o2 L* Y. Y' Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDespite 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.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。! j* x3 f; [; r' F+ V- c, X
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.www.tvboxnow.com$ m9 I, ?+ E& Z/ B( \5 I5 ~
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,bttvb! I7 D. T- d8 n' Q$ N5 G8 X

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. C3 M' y& R% O' }3 a- U, |LEE HSIEN LOONG (Singapore)
. v( _) I% j. [6 y% f1 B公仔箱論壇$1.7m p/a (£1.089m)
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+ m3 a$ g+ w2 h* iDONALD TSANG (Hong Kong)www.tvboxnow.com  a% ]% Q! [. A
$543,500 (£348,000)
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YOSHIHIKO NODA (Japan)
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BARACK 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。1 U- ~( M6 Z, c# }1 U
$400,000 (£256,000)
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$379,000 (£243,000)8 s3 p  F0 J; E; s$ E& j
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NICOLAS SARKOZY (France). {4 E5 h& Y) U8 p" Q4 j
$302,000 (£193,000)
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ANGELA MERKEL (German)
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$222,000 (£142,000)

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