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        "msgid": "malaysian-cabinet-to-get-pay-hike-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-10-20 00:00:00",
        "title": "Malaysian Cabinet to get pay hike",
        "author": null,
        "source": "REUTERS",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Malaysian Cabinet to get pay hike KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad -- who recently complained that he was overworked and underpaid -- and his cabinet colleagues are to be given pay rises to make up for cuts they suffered during the Asian crisis, officials said on Thursday.",
        "content": "<p>Malaysian Cabinet to get pay hike<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir<br>\nMohamad -- who recently complained that he was overworked and<br>\nunderpaid -- and his cabinet colleagues are to be given pay rises<br>\nto make up for cuts they suffered during the Asian crisis,<br>\nofficials said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Under new legislation that is expected to be endorsed by the<br>\nlower house of parliament, Mahathir will be given a 22 percent<br>\nrise backdated to January this year to take his monthly salary to<br>\n18,865 ringgit ($4,965) from its current level of 15,435 ringgit.<br>\nMinisters, deputy ministers and MPs are also to get salaries'<br>\nhike.<\/p>\n<p>But Mahathir's new salary will still be pittance compared with<br>\nwhat his counterpart in neighboring Singapore earns.<\/p>\n<p>Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong earns about $1.12<br>\nmillion a year, or $93,000 a month -- five times more than U.S.<br>\nPresident Bill Clinton.<\/p>",
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