The Time's Top Ten Political Leaders in the World

The Time's Top Ten Political Leaders in the World:

1. Lee Hsien Loong (Singapore)
Salary in dollars - $2.47 million
Salary in local currency - S$3.76 million

2. Donald Tsang Yum-Kuen (Hong Kong)
Salary in dollars - $516,000
Salary in local currency - HK$4 million

3. Barack Obama (United States)
Salary in dollars - $400,000

4. Brian Cowen (Ireland)
Salary in dollars - $341,000
Salary in local currency - €257,000

5. Nicolas Sarkozy (France)
Salary in dollars - $318,000
Salary in local currency - €240,000

6. Angela Merkel (Germany)
Salary in dollars - $303,000
Salary in local currency - €228,000

7. Gordon Brown (UK)
Salary in dollars - $279,000
Salary in local currency - £194,250

8. Stephen Harper (Canada)
Salary in dollars - $246,000
Salary in local currency - C$311,000

9. Taro Aso (Japan)
Salary in dollars - $243,000
Salary in local currency - Y24 million

10. Kevin Rudd (Australia)
Salary in dollars - $229,000
Salary in local currency - A$330,000

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1. Lee Hsien Loong - Singapore
Salary: $US2.47 million
Per head of population: 54c

2. Brian Cowen - Ireland
Salary: $US341,000
Per head of population: 9c

3. Donald Tsang Yum-Kuen - Hong Kong
Salary: $US516,000
Per head of population: 7c

4. Kevin Rudd - Australia
Salary: $US229,000
Per head of population: 1c

5. Stephen Harper - Canada
Salary: $US246,000
Per head of population: 0.7c

6. Nicolas Sarkozy - France
Salary: $US318,000
Per head of population: 0.5c

7. Gordon Brown - UK
Salary: $US279,000
Per head of population: 0.5c

8. Angela Merkel - Germany
Salary: $US303,000
Per head of population: 0.4c

9. Taro Aso - Japan
Salary: $US243,000
Per head of population: 0.2c

10. Barack Obama - United States
Salary: $US400,000
Per head of population: 0.1c

have we included in all the bounses, the perks, the pensions and directorship fees yet?

hmm...

The Fall of Heshen 和珅;

The shame of Heshen's corruption came to play when the Qianlong Emperor abdicated in February 1796, the full damage of the corruption was now in wide view. However, Qianlong continued to rule China behind the scenes under the grand title of Taishang Huang. It was not until his death on February 7, 1799 that the Jiaqing Emperor was able to prosecute Heshen. On February 12, Heshen was arrested along with military officer Fu Chang'an (福長安). Declared guilty by Imperial Edict, he was condemned to slow slicing. The Jiaqing Emperor spared Heshen this horrible death, and instead ordered him to commit suicide in his home on February 22, sparing his family, while Fu Chang'an was beheaded.

From the 24 years that Heshen caught The Qianlong Emperor's attention and favour, he had amassed an incredible fortune. In Renzong's (The Jiaqing Emperor) confiscation of Heshen's property, his wealth were as thus:

3,000 rooms in his estates and mansions, 8,000 acres (32 km²) of land, 42 bank branches, 75 pawnbroker branches, 60,000 taels of copper alloyed gold, 100 large ingots of pure gold, (1,000 taels each), 56,600 medium silver ingots, (100 taels each), 9,000,000 small silver ingots, (10 taels each), 58,000 livres/pounds of foreign currency, 1,500,000 copper coins, 600 lb of top-quality Jilin ginseng, 1,200 jade charms, 230 pearl bracelets (each pearl comparable in size to large cherries or longans), 10 large pearls (each the size of apricots), 10 large ruby crystals, 40 large sapphire crystals, 40 tablefuls of solid-silver eating utensils, (serves 10 per table), 40 tablefuls of solid-gold eating utensils, (serves 10 per table), 11 coral rocks (each over a metre in height), 14,300 bolts of fine silk, 20,000 sheets of fine sheep-fur wool, 550 fox hides, 850 raccoon dog hides, 56,000 sheep and cattle hides of varying thickness, 7,000 sets of fine clothing (for all four seasons), 361,000 bronze and tin vases and vessels, 100,000 porcelain vessels made by famous masters, 24 highly decorative solid-gold beds (each with eight different types of inlaid gemstones), 460 top-quality European clocks, 606 servants, 600 women in his harem.

His total property was ultimately estimated at around 1,100 million taels of silver, reputedly estimated to be an amount equivalent to the imperial revenue of the Qing government for 15 years. In his chief butler Liu Quan's quarters, a large quantity of treasures including 240,000 silver taels were also discovered. The Jiaqing Emperor labelled Heshen with 20 crimes, of which "defiance of imperial supremacy" and "power transcendence" accounted for half.

The influence of Heshen however did not end with his death, as corruption continued to spread through different levels in and out of the capital, among both civil and military personnel. Bannermen developed habits that made them useless as a military force. The Chinese Green Standard Army was beset with irregular practice and had lost much of its fighting spirit shown in early Qing Dynasty. The habits of luxury and big spending led to moral degradation and the general decline of the dynasty. The Qianlong Emperor's Ten Great Campaigns were completed at the cost of 120 million taels, against an annual revenue of some 40 million taels. The result of these massive spendings and increasing trend towards luxury set the path towards financial instability within the latter part of the Qing Dynasty.

Angelo said:

The Time's Top Ten Political Leaders in the World:

1. Lee Hsien Loong (Singapore)
Salary in dollars - $2.47 million
Salary in local currency - S$3.76 million

2. Donald Tsang Yum-Kuen (Hong Kong)
Salary in dollars - $516,000
Salary in local currency - HK$4 million

3. Barack Obama (United States)
Salary in dollars - $400,000

4. Brian Cowen (Ireland)
Salary in dollars - $341,000
Salary in local currency - €257,000

5. Nicolas Sarkozy (France)
Salary in dollars - $318,000
Salary in local currency - €240,000

6. Angela Merkel (Germany)
Salary in dollars - $303,000
Salary in local currency - €228,000

7. Gordon Brown (UK)
Salary in dollars - $279,000
Salary in local currency - £194,250

8. Stephen Harper (Canada)
Salary in dollars - $246,000
Salary in local currency - C$311,000

9. Taro Aso (Japan)
Salary in dollars - $243,000
Salary in local currency - Y24 million

10. Kevin Rudd (Australia)
Salary in dollars - $229,000
Salary in local currency - A$330,000

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You got the title wrong, or infact they got the title wrong, which means they should be using your title.

Their title is top 10 politicians which means even our ministers can be inside.

http://forums.fuckwarezone.com.sg/sh...1#post36867681
This is all wrong, how can the title be 10 best paid politicians? It should be 10 best paid leaders.
If they use the word "politician", then i think top 10 all from SG, maybe top 20 or top 30.
Might see someone from other country if they do a top 50, which would be Donald Tsang Yum-Kuen - Hong Kong, the highest paid politician if SG don't exist.

Rank 1) President (USD2M+++)
Rank 2) PM (USD2M++)
Rank 3) MM (USD2M+)
Rank 4) SM (USD2M+)
Rank 5-6) DPM x 2 (USD1.7M)
Rank 7-21) Minister x 15 (USD1M)
Rank 22 - ???) Minister of state x ???, Permanant Secretary of Ministry(salary grade MR4) x ???

So I think even the highest paid foreigner politician Donald Tsang Yum-Kuen(Hong Kong) with a salary of $US516,000 has a chance to get into rank 30++ with a salary in between those in the salary grade MR4.
The next highest paid foreign politician Obama ($US400k) might be out of the top 50.

And we have not include the bonus, pension and other "not to be known".

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what do you know? sinkieland is 6 times as hard to govern as the states ok! if u include the prataman, it becomes 12 times as hard to do so!

yeah man. Singapore is such a difficult nation to govern. We need to pay millions of $ to make sure we don't fall into anarchy.