<TABLE id=msgUN border=0 cellSpacing=3 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD id=msgUNsubj vAlign=top>Coffeeshop Chit Chat - Father kena kicked out, son coming in...</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"></TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>kojakbt_89_ <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>6:25 am </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right>(1 of 1) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"></TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>50893.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD id=msgtxt_1 class=msgtxt>Zainul's son may follow in his footsteps
my paper
Fri, May 13, 2011
By Kenny Chee
SENIOR Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Zainul Abidin Rasheed said his second son, a 32-year-old lawyer, might be interested in party politics.
However, Mr Zainul said that "it's still early" for his son, Mr Suhaimi Zainul Abidin, to decide on entering politics.
"He's very much at the budding stage of his career and he wants to develop his career first," said Mr Zainul.
He was speaking to reporters at a media conference held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) headquarters yesterday.
Mr Zainul was one of the five-member People's Action Party (PAP) team standing in Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the recent election.
The team lost to a Workers' Party team led by Mr Low Thia Khiang.
Mr Zainul said his four children - three sons and a daughter - had supported him during the election, and all of them are interested in political developments here.
He could not say if all of them were keen on party politics but noted that those with an interest "are capable of contributing in the way they are comfortable in".
"I would like to leave it to them to decide how they want to contribute towards the development of Singapore," he said.
He had served in Aljunied for the past 10 years; and in Cheng San from 1997 to 2001.
On whether he would contest the next election in 2016, Mr Zainul said that it is "unlikely" because of his age - he is 63 - but he would remain involved in politics.
"I will never be able to retire from politics. Although I see myself more as a community man...but we all know that politics is all-encompassing," he said.
Mr Zainul said that he hopes, if given the opportunity, to nurture, develop and help the process of bringing in new young members into the PAP like his fellow Aljunied candidate, Mr Ong Ye Kung.
He added that he wanted to take the opportunity after the election to take a break and spend time with his family, and is keeping his options open.
However, Mr Zainul said there are things he has been wanting to look into.
"I've always been interested in the Middle East. So if there is an option for me to be involved in the Middle East, I would certainly like to take advantage of that," he said, adding that this could be in the private sector or at MFA.
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my paper
Fri, May 13, 2011
By Kenny Chee
SENIOR Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Zainul Abidin Rasheed said his second son, a 32-year-old lawyer, might be interested in party politics.
However, Mr Zainul said that "it's still early" for his son, Mr Suhaimi Zainul Abidin, to decide on entering politics.
"He's very much at the budding stage of his career and he wants to develop his career first," said Mr Zainul.
He was speaking to reporters at a media conference held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) headquarters yesterday.
Mr Zainul was one of the five-member People's Action Party (PAP) team standing in Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the recent election.
The team lost to a Workers' Party team led by Mr Low Thia Khiang.
Mr Zainul said his four children - three sons and a daughter - had supported him during the election, and all of them are interested in political developments here.
He could not say if all of them were keen on party politics but noted that those with an interest "are capable of contributing in the way they are comfortable in".
"I would like to leave it to them to decide how they want to contribute towards the development of Singapore," he said.
He had served in Aljunied for the past 10 years; and in Cheng San from 1997 to 2001.
On whether he would contest the next election in 2016, Mr Zainul said that it is "unlikely" because of his age - he is 63 - but he would remain involved in politics.
"I will never be able to retire from politics. Although I see myself more as a community man...but we all know that politics is all-encompassing," he said.
Mr Zainul said that he hopes, if given the opportunity, to nurture, develop and help the process of bringing in new young members into the PAP like his fellow Aljunied candidate, Mr Ong Ye Kung.
He added that he wanted to take the opportunity after the election to take a break and spend time with his family, and is keeping his options open.
However, Mr Zainul said there are things he has been wanting to look into.
"I've always been interested in the Middle East. So if there is an option for me to be involved in the Middle East, I would certainly like to take advantage of that," he said, adding that this could be in the private sector or at MFA.
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