Political Appointments System in Hong Kong of HK$220,000 per month (US$28,000) is more than the salary of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and also more than Alan Greenspan earned as the chairman of the US Federal Reserve. A political assistant would earn more than what Tony Snow earned (US$ 14,000 per month) as the former White House Press Secretary. Political observer Michael Chugani said there was no "single credible reason why these novice politicians are being paid more than heads of state of some countries." Lau Ngai-keung was sceptical that political appointments would help to foster local political talent, noting that such appointees may earn
Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University The Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University () is an academic faculty of Thammasat University, Ministry of Education of Thailand. The Faculty of Political Science is one of the four founding faculties of the university. It was founded in 1949 after the Faculty of Law and the Thammasat Business School, respectively, and is thereby given the code "03". It is also the second oldest school of political science in Thailand after the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University. The teaching in political science in Thailand, basically before 1932 was focused on training the people