SG has the 2nd highest ratio of leader's pay GDP per person

• Vote PAP OUT to Save SG

  4 May 11, 01:31

  Politicians' salaries

  Leaders of the fee world

  How much a country's leader is paid compared to GDP per person

   

  ON MONDAY July 5th Raila Odinga, Kenya's prime minister, rejected the pay increase he was awarded by the country's parliament last week. MPs had granted Mr Odinga a rise to nearly $430,000 a year, while giving themselves a 25% increase to $161,000.

  This boost would place Mr Odinga among the highest-paid political leaders in the world.

  More worryingly, his salary would be some 240 times greater than the country's GDP per person (measured on a purchasing-power parity basis).

  Lee Hsien Loong, the prime minister of Singapore, tops our list of selected leaders' salaries.

  He is paid more than 40 times the city-state’s GDP per person.

  At the other end of the scale, Manmohan Singh, the prime minister of India, reaffirms his reputation for saintliness by taking a modest sum from Indian taxpayers.

  

   

  Correction: We originally understated the salary of the prime minister of Canada. This was revised on July 6th 2010.

  http://www.economist.com/node/16525240?story_id=16525240

   

   

• Keen on u2000

  4 May 11, 11:49

  Not bad, number 2 after Kenya! Hopefully we'll overtake Kenya to be number 1! Woo hoo! 

• Nelstar

  4 May 11, 12:00

  You must increase pay to ensure corruption free Government.

  

• angel7030

  4 May 11, 13:58

  Wow, if they want to be in the top of the list, die die must win this election so that they can dig and dig further to achieve it.

   

• Clarissa@sg

  4 May 11, 21:51

  At least they are doing a good job!
• Wild Ice

  4 May 11, 22:28

  Originally posted by Clarissa@sg:

  At least they are doing a good job!

  
  ya, a very gud job indeed - paying themselves

• shanfan

  4 May 11, 22:42

  I want cheaper, better and faster ministers.        I don't believe in buying expensive insurance that serve me no purpose.   

• Kaizer56

  5 May 11, 10:39

  LOL,our PAP leaders rank along with African Kenya dictators in term of pay.No wonder ppl say dictators are alike.

  Think some days,our PAP leaders will born "Black kids" without inter-racial marriage.

• 570

  5 May 11, 22:35

  how come no ppl dare to further discuss here since 10:39am today?

  scare right? how can the highest paid salary (man) in the world be discussed? like it or not its already a fact!!!  so vote for facts or unfacts? u decide..

• Vote PAP OUT to Save SG

  5 May 11, 22:40

  me: " so wad makes u decide to come here"
  
  PRC: " i didnt"
  
  me: " wa, ur parents force u here or ur bf is here"
  
  PRC: "neither, ur SG gahment invited us here"
  
  
  me: " huh, wad do u mean"

   they offer us, ALL Expenses paid for our fees in NTU, including lodging and we even get pocket money

  on top of that, they have send me the INVITATION letter to apply for PR after we grad"

  - PRC on PAP MOE.

   

  http://www.mycarforum.com/index.php?showtopic=2663008

• Wmyongj

  5 May 11, 22:45

  Originally posted by Nelstar:

  You must increase pay to ensure corruption free Government.

  

  No!!!!! You dont pay to ensure corruption free government. You need the force of law and the compassion and servent attitude in one to lead. Ask any PRC leaders if they are paid Sg mister pay and will they be courruption free? the answer is a resounding NO, corruption will contiune because the law is weak and the culture allows taking.

  In Sg, the law and culture limit the risk of corruption. We dont need to pay those kind of sinful salary to keep the government courruption free.