Asiaweek encountered the same problem in compiling a list of 46 jobs and salaries across Asia. But we got numbers for corporate positions from a survey by the international manpower consulting organization Corporate Resources Group. Governments furnished us with the salaries of top officials. For the professions, we spoke with consultants, human resources managers and practitioners. As we all know, some people are paid better than others.
Businessmen are ahead of everyone else.
Entertainment figures are not far behind. The Singapore government emphasizes a transparent and clean wage policy which does away with hidden perks. Other countries apparently prefer to keep these benefits away from view. There are other ways of making money. In Singapore, the top individual taxpayer in 1994 was a remisier, a person who sells stocks on commission but does not draw a salary from the brokerage he works with.