CORRECTION: The 10 highest paid politicians in the world are…

CORRECTION: The 10 highest paid politicians in the world are…

The British Daily Times Online published a list of the 10 highest paid politicians in the world on 1 April 2009 in the aftermath of the blue movie scandal involving the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to focus attention on the pay and perks received by British politicians (read article here)

The list compiled is wrong unless the title is changed to “The 10 highest paid leaders in the world”.

Here’s our corrected version of “The 10 highest paid politicians in the world“:

(note: salaries quoted are an estimate only)

1. S R Nathan- Singapore

Salary - S$3.1 million

2. Lee Hsien Loong - Singapore

Salary - S$3.00 million

3. Lee Kuan Yew - Singapore

Salary - S$3.00 million

4. Goh Chok Tong - Singapore

Salary - S$3.00 million

5. S Jayakumar - Singapore

Salary - S$3.00 million

6. Wong Kan Seng - Singapore

Salary - S$2.5 million

7. Teo Chee Hean - Singapore

Salary - S$2.50 million

8. Tharman Shanmugartan - Singapore

Salary - S$1.50 million

9. K Shanmugan - Singapore

Salary - S$1.50 million

10. Khaw Boon Wan - Singapore

Salary - S$1.50 million

Other interesting facts:

PM Lee’s salary is more than the combined salary of:

1. Obama (USA)

2. Brown (UK)

3. Harper (Canada)

4. Merkel (Germany)

5. Sarkozy (France)

6. Rudd (Australia)

And if you divide the salary by head of population, PM Lee gets 540 times that of Obama based on per capital:

1. Lee Hsien Loong - Singapore
Salary: $US2.47 million
Per head of population: 54c

10. Barack Obama - United States
Salary: $US400,000
Per head of population: 0.1c

Well, actually that costs less than one plate of Char Kway Tiao, so stop complaining, fellow Singaporeans for our leaders are worth every single cent they get. They help to shield the harsh realities of life from us which might otherwise break our hearts. That’s why they have so kindly refrained from telling us the following:

1. Losses incurred by GIC and Temasek.

2. Amount of reserves left.

3. Bonuses of CDC staff.

4. Cost price of one new HDB flat.

5. Salaries and bonuses received by Ho Ching and MM Lee (if any).

The list goes on, please feel free to add any more which we have missed out.

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