This is........disgusting.
http://www.tremeritus.com/2012/08/06/spore-offers-highest-prize-money-for-an-olympic-gold-medal/
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Not only Singapore ministers are the highest paid in the world, the prize money Singapore offers to an Olympic gold medal winner is probably also the highest at US$800,000 (S$1,000,000).
According to Reuters/BBC/Yahoo info, this is how much an Olympic gold medalist will get from their respective countries:
(In USD)
Singapore – $800,000
Philippines – $340,000 (2008 figure)
Malaysia – $320,000
Thailand – $300,000 (2008 figure)
United Arab Emirates – $270,000
Kazakhstan – $250,000
Kyrgyzstan – $200,000
Italy – $180,000
Uzbekistan – $150,000
Russia – $135,000
Japan – $100,000
Bulgaria – $76,000 (2008 figure)
France – $65,000
Tajikistan – $63,000
US – $25,000
Australia – $21,000
UK – No money, but their face on a stamp "
http://www.tremeritus.com/2012/08/06/spore-offers-highest-prize-money-for-an-olympic-gold-medal/
"
Not only Singapore ministers are the highest paid in the world, the prize money Singapore offers to an Olympic gold medal winner is probably also the highest at US$800,000 (S$1,000,000).
According to Reuters/BBC/Yahoo info, this is how much an Olympic gold medalist will get from their respective countries:
(In USD)
Singapore – $800,000
Philippines – $340,000 (2008 figure)
Malaysia – $320,000
Thailand – $300,000 (2008 figure)
United Arab Emirates – $270,000
Kazakhstan – $250,000
Kyrgyzstan – $200,000
Italy – $180,000
Uzbekistan – $150,000
Russia – $135,000
Japan – $100,000
Bulgaria – $76,000 (2008 figure)
France – $65,000
Tajikistan – $63,000
US – $25,000
Australia – $21,000
UK – No money, but their face on a stamp "
