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Showing posts with label in response to the complaints of the opposition. Show all posts
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1/04/2012

Reduce the salary of the Prime Minister of Singapore


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Reduced the salaries of the Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong and his ministers by 36%, in response to the complaints of the opposition, but he remains the highest salary among the political leaders in the world.
Singapore and pay generous salaries to members of government and government officials to attract the drain to the public sector, but the amounts charged by these were the subject of criticism from the opposition, which has made historic gains in general elections in May / May.
According to the review committee set up by Lee Hsien Loong last year on its website that the salary exceeds three million Singapore dollars (2.3 million U.S. dollars) a year, but will drop to 2.2 million Singapore dollars (1.7 million U.S. dollars) under the recommendation of its own.
The Committee to review the salaries of Singapore ministers and the annual start from S $ 1.1 million reduction of 37%.
The opposition sees the link between salaries and leaders can get in the private sector lead to a political focus on the rich.
The opposition Democratic Party of Singapore in the proposal put forward in November that linking pay more than richer people "led to the concentration of People's Action Party to increase the wealth of the richer they are in the country and ignore the poor."
Although it will continue to pay Lee Hsien Loong is equivalent to three times the remuneration of the President of the Executive Council of the Government of Hong Kong - which is the second-highest salary among the world's political leaders - Donald Tsang, who paid 550 thousand dollars a year.
And charge the Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard about 480 thousand Australian dollars (480 thousand U.S. dollars) a year under proposals were announced recently.
The salary of U.S. President Barack Obama is about 400 thousand dollars.

Source: Reuters

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