When you watch TV media news on a daily basis, you will hear news of foreign leaders like Bush, Brown, Rudd, Hu, Fukuda, Putin et al. News crews would follow them almost everywhere they go and comment on what their policies are. However, the HIGHEST paid leader of any country in the world do not get even mentioned in their own daily local news. Ah Beng who goes around loan sharking gets more mention.
Why is that so? I mean when Mas Selamat went missing, it took more than a week for PM Lee to respond. In fact SM and MM respond faster than PM. Some might say maybe PM Lee is busy building up ties with foreign countries but yet factually it seems SM and MM are doing more overseas trip than the PM itself. Maybe 10 times more. Fact is, even for local news, SM and MM are getting more air time than PM. No where else in the world does a leader gets less mention than his previous bosses.
Sometimes, I cannot help but to think that even the President whose duties are to shake hands and do some open houses here and then, seem to get more air time.
So, excuse me, do you know where Lee Hsien Loong is?
That is precisely why he is the highest paid leader around. Cos he needs a lot of money just to keep himself safe from dangers. Having highly “concealed” is just one of the methods. So it is difficult for the media to find him. And to minimize exposure, he will try to minimize his public appearances as far as possible.
That’s because Lee Hsien Loong is clever and therefore highest paid, less work more jobs done.
Thanks.