At the inaugural Asia-Middle East Media Roundtable held in Singapore on 6th August 2009, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said that “Singapore’s fourth Prime Minister could be among the new faces fielded in the next General Election due by early 2012″. (read report here)
Mr Lee himself had said last year after a Cabinet reshuffle that he was hoping to bring in someone in his 30s or early 40s at the next GE who would eventually succeed him.
This means that Mr Lee’s successor is not found in any of the present PAP cabinet ministers of MPs, many of them in their mid 30s and 40s.
It is strange that Mr Lee is encountering “difficulties” in searching for a potential successor to take over him. After all, the ministers in his “A team” are considered the “best talents” available to Singapore.
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Mr Lee himself had said last year after a Cabinet reshuffle that he was hoping to bring in someone in his 30s or early 40s at the next GE who would eventually succeed him.
This means that Mr Lee’s successor is not found in any of the present PAP cabinet ministers of MPs, many of them in their mid 30s and 40s.
It is strange that Mr Lee is encountering “difficulties” in searching for a potential successor to take over him. After all, the ministers in his “A team” are considered the “best talents” available to Singapore.
Read rest of article here:
http://temasekreview.com/?p=11745
