Who Can You get for S$3.1 million To Run A country....?

[bmwF1]

I found this thread on MCF :

FACT 1: Singapore President new pay revision from current S$2,551 700 to S$3,187,100

FACT 2: Singapore Prime Minister new pay revision from current S$2,464000 to S$3,091,200

FACT 3: Singapore Senior Minister new pay revision from current S$2,680600 to S$3,091,200

FACT 4: Singapore Minister Mentor new pay revision from current S$2,656600 to S$3,043,300



Well, for just a single Prime Minister pay at US$2million (apprxiamate

S$3.1million), who can you get to run a country like SINGAPORE....?

We can get US President Mr George Bush + UK's Prime Minister Mr Tony

Blair + Japan's PM Abe Shinzo + Australia Prime Minister Mr John Howard

+ Hong Kong's Chief Executive Mr Donald Tsang. Then we can throw in

Leaders from Asean nations like, Malaysia, Russia and also Thailand and

we will still have a savings of US$163,000. How come nobody mention this

in the parliamentary debate on new pay package

USA President's pay : US$ 400,000

Britian Prime Minister's pay : US$ 360,000

Japan Prime Minister's pay : US$ 300,000

Australia Prime Minister's pay : US$ 200,000

Hong Kong Chief Executive's pay : US$ 420,000

Malaysia Prime Minister's pay : US$ 65,000

Russia Prime Minister's pay : US$ 60,000

Thailand Prime Minister's pay : US$ 32,000

Total : US$1,837,000

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Savings : US$163,000



MORAL OF THE STORY : SINGAPORE SCORED ANOTHER 1ST AWARD : WE ARE A

LEADER IN PAYING TOP DOLLARS FOR ITS PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS IN THE GLOBAL

WORLD. SHOULDN'T WE START HEADHUNTING FOR ALL THESE WORLD LEADERS

INSTEAD OF LOOKING INWARD TO RECRUIT OUR EXPANSIVE LOCALS AND SAVE OUR

NATION'S TAXPAYERS MONEY? AFTERALL SINGAPORE WELCOMES FOREIGN TALENT TO

WORK AND LIVE HERE.

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So true.....

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[715]

I don't think you can get all the US, UK etc etc Prime Ministers to work for Singapore, even if you might want to pay them double or triple... Not all politicians work for money.......

[kenntona]

300 Spartans rather than the whole Persian army, they will say.

But then again, you have to pay premium to get the 300 spartans in our case......

[Mockngbrd]

300 spastics

[dpointt]

PAGANI ZONDA F?? Hahaha....

[dpointt]

and keep the change....

[Mockngbrd]

Singapore PM's salary stuns White House official



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A senior White House official on Tuesday admitted he was floored by the news that Singapore's prime minister earned five times more than US President George W. Bush.
"I'm going to emigrate and run for office in Singapore," the official said on condition he be identified only as "a senior administration official who sits in disbelief after reading that story."
On Monday, the Singapore government had announced a fresh 25.5 percent pay hike for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, boosting his salary to 2.05 million dollars per year.
Bush gets paid 400,000 dollars per year for doing his job, according to the White House.
Combined with personal investment income, he and his wife Laura reported 618,694 dollars in taxable income in the 2005 fiscal year. They had to pay 187,768 dollars in federal taxes.
But maybe Bush shouldn't feel so bad. The Singaporean's paycheck is eight times fatter than Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's.

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[titanic]

They keep comparing minister salary with the private sector. But they must understand private sector CEO's get fired if they don't deliver what the board expects. Since we the citizens of Singapore are the ultimate stakeholders of this country, WE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT to fire ministers, and hack even the President if any of them don't perform according to OUR EXPECTATIONS. Without this right, then no body with any sanity should agree with their salary hike.

[hitmee]

i just hope is not another NKF aga on a bigger scale. who i sthere to police them? none

[hoks]

Anyone notice no more reports in papers abt this anymore? Its over...."Lets move on"...