'If he arrows me to do it, I will take the arrow': PM Lee on his role after leadership handover
In his final interview with the media as Prime Minister, Mr Lee Hsien Loong says none of his children have shown any interest in joining politics.
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Nobody ask but why Lee Hsien Loong keep saying that his children are not interested in politics ?
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Cb then ask all mp remove their kids in government office job ,ccb lying
LW cmi ,
Singaporeans don't allow that to happen too.
Becum submarine mah
thisch one not his spawn
As believable as his fake promises not to raise GST
Funny. Most politicians can't talk straight at all.
King of Jiuhu come to observe few days ago
What pinky is saying is ...her kids will join politics....
If my children've an interest & were not my children, I would say yes to them joining politics: PM Lee
He said his own children have not expressed interest in the field.
Ilyda Chua |
May 10, 2024, 06:00 PM
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During his last media interview as Prime Minister, PM Lee Hsien Loong urged young people to join politics.
"If you are idealistic, if you want to do something, if you want to make a contribution, please seriously consider that," he said.
How about his own children? Would he encourage them to follow in his footsteps like he did with his father?
"If they had an interest, and if they were not my children and if they had an interest – Yes. But they are my children, and the hurdle is higher. So far, none of them have showed any interest. My grandchildren are much too young."
It's tough out here
He was speaking to members of the media at a wide-ranging interview on Apr. 26 at the Istana.
It was his final wide-ranging interview before he steps down in five days' time (May 15).
On the challenges of entering politics, PM Lee said: "It is very hard, it is harder now."
He pointed out that being a candidate is particularly difficult because it means putting one's family in the limelight and through online discourse — "which can sometimes be very vicious".
"That is why we disapprove strongly of the false and vicious stuff which comes out on the internet," he said.
Furthermore, being in politics means odd hours. Meet-the-People sessions, for instance, are typically conducted in the evenings after 7pm.
"If all your weekends are spent in the constituency, when are you going to take your kid to the zoo?" he remarked.
Next generation
He also responded to a question about whether he would encourage his children to join politics, given his own experience.
"If they had an interest, and if they were not my children... yes," he said.
"But they are my children, and the hurdle is much higher."
However, none of his children have ever shown any interest, he said, adding that his grandchildren are still "much too young".
This is not the first time he was asked whether his children would enter politics.
At a 2018 dialogue at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum, he responded to a question about whether he would encourage his children to join the field by saying that they have so far not shown any interest in it.
"They have their own responsibilities and careers, and I am sure they will be good Singaporean citizens and make contributions in their own ways," he said at the time.
"But it would be unkind of me to add more burden on them. It's difficult enough for them as it is to carry my name."
The 72-year-old has four children: Li Xiuqi, Li Yipeng, Li Hongyi, and Li Haoyi.
Li Hongyi, the elder Lee's first son with his wife Ho Ching, previously declared that he "really [has] no interest in politics".
He now works as a civil servant at GovTech.
Meanwhile, his youngest son, Haoyi, works as a software engineer, and his only daughter, Xiuqi, is a curriculum fellow at Harvard Medical School.
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If my children've an interest & were not my children, I would say yes to them joining politics: PM Lee
He said his own children have not expressed interest in the field.
Ilyda Chua |
May 10, 2024, 06:00 PM
TelegramWhatsapp
During his last media interview as Prime Minister, PM Lee Hsien Loong urged young people to join politics.
"If you are idealistic, if you want to do something, if you want to make a contribution, please seriously consider that," he said.
How about his own children? Would he encourage them to follow in his footsteps like he did with his father?
"If they had an interest, and if they were not my children and if they had an interest – Yes. But they are my children, and the hurdle is higher. So far, none of them have showed any interest. My grandchildren are much too young."
It's tough out here
He was speaking to members of the media at a wide-ranging interview on Apr. 26 at the Istana.
It was his final wide-ranging interview before he steps down in five days' time (May 15).
On the challenges of entering politics, PM Lee said: "It is very hard, it is harder now."
He pointed out that being a candidate is particularly difficult because it means putting one's family in the limelight and through online discourse — "which can sometimes be very vicious".
"That is why we disapprove strongly of the false and vicious stuff which comes out on the internet," he said.
Furthermore, being in politics means odd hours. Meet-the-People sessions, for instance, are typically conducted in the evenings after 7pm.
"If all your weekends are spent in the constituency, when are you going to take your kid to the zoo?" he remarked.
Next generation
He also responded to a question about whether he would encourage his children to join politics, given his own experience.
"If they had an interest, and if they were not my children... yes," he said.
"But they are my children, and the hurdle is much higher."
However, none of his children have ever shown any interest, he said, adding that his grandchildren are still "much too young".
This is not the first time he was asked whether his children would enter politics.
At a 2018 dialogue at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum, he responded to a question about whether he would encourage his children to join the field by saying that they have so far not shown any interest in it.
"They have their own responsibilities and careers, and I am sure they will be good Singaporean citizens and make contributions in their own ways," he said at the time.
"But it would be unkind of me to add more burden on them. It's difficult enough for them as it is to carry my name."
The 72-year-old has four children: Li Xiuqi, Li Yipeng, Li Hongyi, and Li Haoyi.
Li Hongyi, the elder Lee's first son with his wife Ho Ching, previously declared that he "really [has] no interest in politics".
He now works as a civil servant at GovTech.
Meanwhile, his youngest son, Haoyi, works as a software engineer, and his only daughter, Xiuqi, is a curriculum fellow at Harvard Medical School.
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Top image from PM Lee/Facebook
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His spoilt son is now sitting in a positiom meant for a man in his forties eith the relevant experience. He alway wesr slippers to work. Of course he doesnt give a flying fuck. The pigs in defence lick his balls. He has found his well
How much his son salary and bonus?
His elder son married to Sheng Siong's daughter?
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