
Singapore Prime Minister Receives One Million Dollar Salary Increase
Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has been granted a one-million-dollar annual salary increase, reinforcing his status as the world’s highest-paid head of government. This marks the first adjustment to ministerial compensation in fifteen years amid ongoing debates over political pay scales.
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Highest paid world leader to get $1m salary increase
Singapore's government says it will raise the annual salaries of its ministers and other office holders, including its prime minister who is the highest paid political leader in the world.
Read full article →Singapore Ministers’ Pay to Rise by Up to 9% in One-Time Boost
Singapore government ministers, who are among the best-paid in the world, will get a one-time salary bump of as much as 9% after their pay was frozen in 2012.
By Srinidhi Ragavendran and Faris Mokhtar
Read full article →FirstFT: Singapore’s PM Lawrence Wong receives $1mn pay raise
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Read full article →Salary of highest paid world leader to increase by £800k a year
Salaries of political leaders stand in sharp contrast to what median wage workers make
By Reuters
Read full article →Why ministerial pay will never be a settled question in Singapore - The Straits Times
Why ministerial pay will never be a settled question in Singapore The Straits Times
Read full article →World's Highest-Paid Prime Minister Gets Salary Hike Of $1 Million
Wong said the revision would see his benchmark annual salary rise from Sg$2.2 million ($1.7 million) to Sg$3.6 million.
Read full article →MP allowances to rise from S$13,750 to S$18,500 monthly
The government will also study “delinking” allowances for community-related roles, such as MPs and mayors, from political salary benchmarks.
Read full article →World's highest-paid government officials get 1st raise in 15 years
Singapore's political leaders are getting a raise for the first time in 15 years, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said Tuesday, adding more than 60% to what are already the world's hi...
Read full article →Highest paid world leader to get salary increase of $1 million - the-star.co.ke
Highest paid world leader to get salary increase of $1 million the-star.co.ke
Read full article →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 who is the highest paid political leader in the world.
By Deborah Okailey Quarcoo
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