“There will be more significant things to come,” Mr Low told reporters at the impromptu media conference at Moulmein-Kallang where his party was conducting its public outreach to residents of the area. He was responding to a question about the WP’s potential star candidate, Mr Chen Show Mao, whom his party is expected to field in the elections. “I will not elaborate. In my first walkabout I told Singaporeans to watch out this election,” Mr Low says.
Mr Chen, 50, is the most keenly watched candidate among the opposition. A graduate of three Ivy League universities – Harvard, Stanford and Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar – his credentials and extensive experience in international securities offerings and M&A transactions is rare among politicians here. Mr Chen, who is fluently bilingual, is a partner with international law firm, Davis Polk and Wardwell and is based in Beijing. He also sits on the Advisory Board of the Singapore Management University (SMU). According to the SMU website:
He advised China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) on its proposed $19 billion acquisition of Unocal, which is the largest-ever attempted takeover by a Chinese company. He completed the global initial public offerings of Air China, China Construction Bank, Sinopec, China Unicom, Chalco, Baidu.com and others, as well as offerings of sovereign debt by the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China.
When pressed repeatedly by reporters to reveal more about Mr Chen and the WP’s slate of candidates, Mr Low would only say, “I think, whatever it is, I think on Nomination Day more will be known to the public.”
Mr Chen, 50, is the most keenly watched candidate among the opposition. A graduate of three Ivy League universities – Harvard, Stanford and Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar – his credentials and extensive experience in international securities offerings and M&A transactions is rare among politicians here. Mr Chen, who is fluently bilingual, is a partner with international law firm, Davis Polk and Wardwell and is based in Beijing. He also sits on the Advisory Board of the Singapore Management University (SMU). According to the SMU website:
He advised China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) on its proposed $19 billion acquisition of Unocal, which is the largest-ever attempted takeover by a Chinese company. He completed the global initial public offerings of Air China, China Construction Bank, Sinopec, China Unicom, Chalco, Baidu.com and others, as well as offerings of sovereign debt by the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China.
When pressed repeatedly by reporters to reveal more about Mr Chen and the WP’s slate of candidates, Mr Low would only say, “I think, whatever it is, I think on Nomination Day more will be known to the public.”
