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Highest paid world leader to get salary increase of $1 million
Singapore's government says it will raise the annual salaries of its ministers and other office holders, including its prime minister wh
Summary
The government has previously argued that paying ministers high salaries deters corruption. With the new pay scheme, that will increase to around S$1.2m. The following year, the government slashed ministers' salaries.
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People
- Lee Hsien Loong2
- Andy Burnham2
- Donald Trump2
- Guy Parmelin2
- John Lee2
- Lawrence Wong
- Wong
Organisations
- People's Action Party2
- Transparency International
Places
- Switzerland2
- Hong Kong2
- Singapore2
- Singapo Singapore
- United States
Keywords
- increase2
- highest2
- million2
- leader2
- salary2
- world2
- paid2
- get2
- salaries
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