Re: Can the combined salaries of PAP Ministers be as much as all the salaries of G8
I just read a letter from temasekreview.com that I reproduce below.
Reflect on that.
Think of the cup noodles that you and your family have to eat.
Why you have so little money even as you work harder.
If your job not given already to another foreign trash
Your choice to vote them out.
Or to see your kids in life even more worse then today.
The amounts given below are correct before yesterday’s announcement of an increase in President Nathan’s salary
Top 30 Highest Paid Politicians in the World (Information obtained from the internet):
Clean sweep by tiny Singapore to be in the Guinness Book of Records!
Top 30 Highest paid Politicians in the World are all from Singapore.
(Important note: All amounts exclude bonuses.)
1. Elected President SR Nathan – S$3.9 million.
2. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong – S$3.8 million.
3. Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew – S$3.5 million.
4. Senior Minister Goh Chok Thong – S$3.5 million.
5. Senior Minister Prof Jayakumar – S$3.2 million.
6. DPM & Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng – S$2.9 million.
7. DPM & Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean – $2.9 million.
8. Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo – S$2.8 million.
9. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan – S$2.7 million.
10. PMO Minister Lim Boon Heng – S$2.7 million.
11. Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang – S$2.7 million.
12. PMO Minister Lim Swee Say – S$2.6 million.
13. Environment Minister & Muslim Affairs Minister Dr Yaccob Ibrahim – S$2.6 million.
14. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan – S$2.6 million.
15. Finance Minister S Tharman – S$2.6 million.
16. Education Minister & 2nd Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen – S$2.6 million.
17. Community Development Youth and Sports Minister – Dr Vivian Balakrishnan – S$2.5 million.
18. Transport Minister & 2nd Minister for Foreign Affairs Raymond Lim Siang Kiat – S$2.5 million.
19. Law Minister & 2nd Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam – S$2.4 million.
20. Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong – S$2.2 million.
21. PMO Minister Lim Hwee Hwa – S$2.2 million.
22. Acting ICA Minister – Lui Tuck Yew – S$2.0 million.
23 to 30 = Senior Ministers of State and Ministers of State – each getting between S$1.8 million to S$1.5 million.
Compared to other Countries’ Leaders:
Donald Tsang Yum-Kuen – Hong Kong (S$716k)
Barack Obama – United States (S$555k)
Nicolas Sarkozy – France (S$441k)
Angela Merkel – Germany (S$420k)
Gordon Brown – UK (S$387k)
Taro Aso – Japan (S$337k)
Total of all 6 Leaders= S$2,856,000