(imagine the Prime Minister in Economy class??? - you think he will sit beside civillian??)
The Straits Times reported that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s choice of taking commercial flights while on overseas visits was praised by a South Korean official and the country’s best-selling national newspaper.
Mr Lee Hsien Loong had arrived on a commercial flight at Incheon airport in Seoul and was waiting to check in for the flight to Jeju at Gimpo airport. He was asked by South Korean Finance Minister Yoon Jeung Hyun why he chose to fly commercial.
The South Korean Finance Minister asked: ‘Why doesn’t the leader of an affluent country use a private or charter jet?’ noting that Singapore’s per capita GDP was about twice that of South Korea’s.
Mr Lee Hsien Loong replied, he did not think Singapore was an affluent country, the Korean daily reported.
Isn’t it an irony that the Prime Minister of a country which is non affluent by his own admission, is the highest paid leader in the world?(more then all the G8 leaders combined!
South Korean President is paid 16 million wons a month or only S$18,340 (1 won = $0.000115) in comparison to Prime Minister’s monthly salary of approximately $250,000+. or nearly $3.2million a year
Given the "pittance" salary given to the South Korean President, it is not too much to entitle him to the use of a private jet a few times a year on his travels.
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