Here's something you'd definitely wouldn't see in The Straits Times. Well, at least I can safely say that a Singapore Minister earns close to peanuts. 1 peanut=S$600,000 remember? These figures are all accurate or near accuracy and taken from the Asian Wall Street Journal.


Singapore Ministers' Basic Annual Salaries (without performance bouses)

Singapore President's Basic Salary: US$1,483,000 (SGD$2,373,100)
Singapore Prime Minister's Basic Salary: US$1,100,000 (SGD1,958,000)
Minister's Basic: US$655,530 to US$819,124 (SGD1,166,844 to SGD1,458,040) a year
Average Singaporean: US$26,000 (SGD43,104 or SGD3,592 per mo)
Source: Singapore Ministry of Manpower


USA
United States of AmericaPresident: US$200,000
Vice President: US$181,400
Cabinet Secretaries: US$157,000

UK
United Kingdom Prime Minister: US$170,556
Ministers: US$146,299

Down Under
Australia Prime Minister: US$137,060
Deputy Prime Minister: US$111,439
Treasurer: US$102,682