1. Singapore Prime Minister's Basic Salary US$1,100,000
(SGD1,958,000) a year
Minister's Basic: US$655,530 to US$819,124 (SGD1,166,844 to
SGD1,458,040) a year
2. United States of America President: US$200,000
Vice President: US$181,400
Cabinet Secretaries: US$157,000 (0.47 peanuts)
3. United Kingdom Prime Minister: US$170,556
Ministers: US$146,299
Senior Civil Servants: US$262,438
4. Australia Prime Minister: US$137,060
Deputy Prime Minister: US$111,439
Treasurer: US$102,682
5. Hong Kong Chief Executive : US$416,615
Top Civil Servant: US$278,538
Financial Sec: US$315,077
Source: Asian Wall Street Journal July 10 2000 (exchange rate is
USD1 = SGD1.7