Originally posted by the Bear:
not all... just like some PRC chinese are damned rich...
Some PRC Chinese have parents in high ranking position in the government. I know of quite afew of these students. Makes me wonder how they can afford things better than me since the pay for the President is just less than $1,000 a month. The parents must have alot of GuanXi (connections).
Who gets what?
US: Bill Clinton - USD200,000 pa (per annum)
Switzerland: Ruth Dreifuss - USD230,000 pa
Britain: Tony Blair - 1998 salary USD236,712 pa, of which USD168,520 claimed
(See PAP Ministers follow this noble act!!!!)
South Africa: Nelson Mandela - USD112,098 pa
India: KR Narayanan - USD14,285 pa
China: Jiang Zemin - USD2400-$3600 paNow for the Drum Roll and standing ovation pls for Singapore:-
Singapore President's Basic Salary US$1,483,000 (SGD$2,373,100)pa
Singapore Prime Minister's Basic Salary US$1,100,000 (SGD1,958,000)pa
Minister's Basic: US$655,530 to US$819,124 (SGD1,166,844 to SGD1,458,040) pa
Source:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sg_Review/message/1920Salaries for the Singapore President, PM and Ministers salary is abit different from the current pay (this article was written some time back), because our PM Lee Hsien Loong just increased his salary, the president's and Ministers salary another 2 million.