[Sg] - George Yeo new book: After GE 2011, LKY offered to give up his Tg Pagar seat to GY. GY offered to run in 2011 Presidential Election against TCB

[UltimaOnline]

“Watching the publicity I was getting, my mother, before she died, warned me that while Lee Kuan Yew had an affection for me, I should never compete with his son in politics,” wrote Mr Yeo in the book.

"Two chapters in the book were devoted to Mr Lee, containing revelations such as how at one point after GE 2011, Mr Lee offered to give up his Tanjong Pagar seat and allow Mr Yeo to reenter the Cabinet through a by-election."

"But this decision became unnecessary after PM Lee Hsien Loong told Mr Yeo that he was one of a few who could beat Dr Tan Cheng Bock who was the presidential hopeful in the 2011 Presidential Election. Mr Yeo offered to run should he be needed as a "spare tyre in an emergency", though this also did not materialise."


https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/george-yeo-tension-lee-kuan-yew-quit-pap-aljunied-grc-2233221

 

[millim6868]

Cb attention seeker cb kia

 

[Hightech88]

This fellow should stop talking. The way he speaks is super irritating.

 

[batman1]

This fellow should stop talking. The way he speaks is super irritating.

Presidential Election is coming,he is wondering why nobody mention him ?

 

[congo9]

Chee Bye, he is a Communist stooge now. LHL should use section 55 on him.

 

[syed putra]

LKY will choose big tall men as his potential successor. The size hopefully will intimidate opponents during discussion.

 

[Chase]

kinda weird to feature him during this week, is he participating?

 

[asenmaga]

“Watching the publicity I was getting, my mother, before she died, warned me that while Lee Kuan Yew had an affection for me, I should never compete with his son in politics,” wrote Mr Yeo in the book.

"Two chapters in the book were devoted to Mr Lee, containing revelations such as how at one point after GE 2011, Mr Lee offered to give up his Tanjong Pagar seat and allow Mr Yeo to reenter the Cabinet through a by-election."

"But this decision became unnecessary after PM Lee Hsien Loong told Mr Yeo that he was one of a few who could beat Dr Tan Cheng Bock who was the presidential hopeful in the 2011 Presidential Election. Mr Yeo offered to run should he be needed as a "spare tyre in an emergency", though this also did not materialise."


https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/george-yeo-tension-lee-kuan-yew-quit-pap-aljunied-grc-2233221

“Watching the publicity I was getting, my mother, before she died, warned me that while Lee Kuan Yew had an affection for me, I should never compete with his son in politics,” wrote Mr Yeo in the book.

Is he trying to say he is better than pinky ?

 

[laksaboy]

Pro-China shill, beware of where the money from the book sales actually goes to.

 

[k1976]

I prefer George Goh, his speech and logic is very sound and more caring for simple man like moi

 

[k1976]

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sin...ep-down-qualify-presidential-election-3698416

He is a good strong alternative

 

[k1976]

On Monday, Mr Goh said he does not know Mr Tan "very well". When asked about Mr Tan's remarks, Mr Goh said: "I don’t think this should be the way."

Every candidate who comes forward "must be genuine", Mr Goh told reporters after a dialogue session with a group of youths at Bisoux cafe.

“If you decide to come forward, you put your plan, you put your campaign, you put all effort into it, then people will know you genuinely want to serve the nation. I think all candidates should have the same attitude," he said.

 

[k1976]

There have been questions about whether Mr Goh, founder of Harvey Norman Ossia, will meet the eligibility criteria.

At a press conference on Aug 4 to launch his bid, he said he has a group of five companies with a combined shareholders’ equity of S$1.521 billion (US$1.12 billion) over three years, and reiterated that he is confident of qualifying under the private sector "deliberative track".

Mr Goh and Mr Tan are two of four presidential hopefuls who have expressed their intention to contest the upcoming Presidential Election. The other two are former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and former GIC chief investment officer Ng Kok Song.

 

[k1976]

Ah Tan is ....., u know de lah

 

[NanoRay]

There have been questions about whether Mr Goh, founder of Harvey Norman Ossia, will meet the eligibility criteria.

At a press conference on Aug 4 to launch his bid, he said he has a group of five companies with a combined shareholders’ equity of S$1.521 billion (US$1.12 billion) over three years, and reiterated that he is confident of qualifying under the private sector "deliberative track".

GG's combined shareholders' equity of S$1.5 billion will have to be divided by 5, and on average it's S$300 million of "a" company.

If none of the 5 companies has more than S$500 million, he is ineligible.

 

[laksaboy]

I prefer George Goh, his speech and logic is very sound and more caring for simple man like moi

You should check out his IG profile, where he constantly uploads pearls of wisdom.

https://www.instagram.com/georgegohchingwah/

 

[bigozt]

I believe George Yeo is a already a secret CCP cadre. That's why he sing praises of the PRC.

 

[k1976]

I believe George Yeo is a already a secret CCP cadre. That's why he sing praises of the PRC.

TanWahTiu boss?

 

[k1976]

Too late, he missed the chance.... The rest are history

 

[syed putra]

LKy will pick only tall ones to be a leader. It's a psychological thing. Can discuss with any moh on same level.
Similarly, china followed suit with xi Jinping.