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, Chulalongkorn University the Ministry of Justice was incorporated into the School, thereafter renamed together the "Faculty of Law and Political Science. Following the collapse of the absolute monarchy in 1932, the University of Moral and Political Science (later called Thammasat University) was established. Then, the Faculty of Law and Political Science of Chulalongkorn University was transferred to be under this new university. The Faculty of Law and Political Science was therefore temporarily disappeared from Chulalongkorn University's academic structure. In 1948, the government viewed that there was still need for more graduates for public administration, then agreed to re-establish the Faculty of Political