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Associated Press/Wong Maye-E - Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, center left and his wife Ho Ching arrive at a state funeral of the late Lee Kuan Yew, held at the University Cultural Center, Sunday, March 29, 2015, in Singapore. During a week of national mourning that began Monday after Lee's death at age 91, some 450,000 people queued for hours for a glimpse of Lee's coffin at Parliament House. A million people visited tribute sites at community centers across the island and leaders and dignitaries from more than two dozen countries attended the state funeral. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Temasek CEO Ho Ching goes on three-month sabbatical leave
By Yahoo! Singapore | Yahoo Newsroom – 6 hours ago
Temasek chief executive officer Ho Ching "will be on sabbatical leave for three months", the state investor announced on its website on Wednesday.
Ho, who is the wife of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, will, however, continue with her board duties and specific stewardship duties.
The firm added that Temasek president Lee Theng Kiat will cover her "on all normal course of business at the firm as an investor and shareholder, as an institution, and as a steward".
No reason was given for the sabbatical, which comes a few weeks after the funeral of her father-in-law, former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who died last month after being in hospital for several weeks for severe pneumonia.
Ho Ching joined Temasek in 2002 as executive director, and was appointed CEO in 2004.