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Serious Inderjit: Heng-ah! Kee Chew not chosen
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When I was studying economics at Cambridge in 1980 I remember one occasion when I invited a group of Singaporeans studying Economics round to dinner at my college, Queens’. Most of this group were Government scholars that included Shaun Seow, who later became the head of Mediacorp. I did not benefit from a Government scholarship so I had had to complete NS first and I was about two/three years older than the scholars. It was a jolly occasion.
During dinner I remember being momentarily blinded by the light reflected from a pair of highly polished shoes belonging to one of the scholars. I recall him as being small in stature and also fairly reserved and quiet though pleasant and polite. Even if the other scholars hadn’t used his rather disparaging nickname “Little Police scholar” his shiny shoes would have been a huge clue.
Swee Keat did not reciprocate the dinner invitation and I did not see him again after uni. Like his predecessor at MOF, Tharman, whom I got to know a bit better, he was careful to heed the PAP health warnings and not let any association with me damage his career prospects or financial health.
It came as no surprise therefore, to learn via state media that Little Police Scholar, my old Cambridge colleague Heng Swee Keat, has been appointed as the PAP’s first assistant secretary-general which based on past precedent means that he will be the next PM when Lee Hsien Loong decides to step down. Before long our Little Police Scholar will be the biggest Policeman in our land.
Despite a fairly undistinguished academic record (he got either a 2:1 or 2:2), Heng has ascended rapidly up the well-trodden Civil Service/PAP fast track escalator. In Singapore we have seen that the Civil Service and PAP political office are interchangeable. As the PAP has a cadre system, copied from the Soviet and Chinese Communist Parties and in turn copied by every other political party in Singapore except the Reform Party, Heng would not be appointed unless he was the chosen candidate of Lee Hsien Loong.
Talking about family dynasties is almost a criminal offence here in Singapore. The Government is quick to claim “meritocracy” whenever anyone questions the fitness of the Lee family, their wives and relatives to get the lion’s share of plum jobs and pay themselves outrageously (and secretively) . The Lees we are told, have these positions, not because they are a dynasty but because their academic qualifications are better than any other candidate’s.
This is difficult to claim in the case of Heng Swee Keat who did not have a stellar academic career. So now state media is taking a different tack, calling in the usual safe, pro-PAP talking heads such as Eugene Tan or Gillian Koh to label him as “humble”, a “consensus builder” and a “likeable character”. It is true that, in the words of Winston Churchill, Heng Swee Keat is a modest man who has a great deal to be modest about.
The PAP changes its tune whenever it suits them. It would be impossible to describe LHL as humble or possessed of any shred of EQ so in his case the selection criteria for PM role are based on academic achievement. When academic achievement doesn’t stack up then selection criteria is based on personal qualities. When the PAP doesn’t want a brown PM, “the people aren’t ready for a minority PM”. When the PAP does not want another very able former PAP MP to be President the criteria is ethnic minority only.
In case anyone thinks I am on the side of the elitists, I have never believed that a first class academic record means that someone will automatically make a good leader or politician. I am merely interested in demonstrating PAP hypocrisy. All the things that the state media are saying about Heng could have been said about his predecessor at MOF, Tharman, who was undoubtedly better qualified to be PM. Unfortunately Tharman is not a member of the Majority Race so was never in the running. Nor would LKY have tolerated someone from an inferior race as his PPS.
The most important qualification Heng has for being PM is undoubtedly his proven loyalty to the Lee family. He was praised by LKY as the best PPS he had had and is shown seated next to LKY at the latter’s 91st birthday party.
The fact that Heng is much older than the only other serious candidate, Chan Chun Sing, and that he needs to be careful about his health following his aneurysm, also means that he may be much more amenable to stepping aside after a few years to hand the reins of power to the third generation of the Lee family. If the LHL had been serious about handing long term real power to a new PM he would have chosen someone younger and in better health. As it happens, Li Hongyi, according to my grass roots sources, is already walking the ground in Holland-Bukit Timah with Vivian Balakrishnan.
Interim PMs and seat warmers may come and go but the abiding principle of Singapore’s politics will continue to be that the country belongs to the Lee family. This will endure as long as the PAP are in power or there is a fresh generation of Lees ready to take over. Singaporeans on the whole seem fairly contented with a hereditary monarchy and no doubt over the next five years we will be treated to many anecdotes about Li Hongyi being a “man of the people” who works tirelessly to ensure our welfare.
When it is Heng’s turn to step aside for a Lee, the criteria will flip back once again to being about academic achievements. Meanwhile we can only hope that Heng’s bark is worse than his truncheon and that he does not use those shiny boots to trample on those who oppose him or his masters.
When I was studying economics at Cambridge in 1980 I remember one occasion when I invited a group of Singaporeans studying Economics round to dinner at my college, Queens’. Most of this group were Government scholars that included Shaun Seow, who later became the head of Mediacorp. I did not benefit from a Government scholarship so I had had to complete NS first and I was about two/three years older than the scholars. It was a jolly occasion.
During dinner I remember being momentarily blinded by the light reflected from a pair of highly polished shoes belonging to one of the scholars. I recall him as being small in stature and also fairly reserved and quiet though pleasant and polite. Even if the other scholars hadn’t used his rather disparaging nickname “Little Police scholar” his shiny shoes would have been a huge clue.
Swee Keat did not reciprocate the dinner invitation and I did not see him again after uni. Like his predecessor at MOF, Tharman, whom I got to know a bit better, he was careful to heed the PAP health warnings and not let any association with me damage his career prospects or financial health.
It came as no surprise therefore, to learn via state media that Little Police Scholar, my old Cambridge colleague Heng Swee Keat, has been appointed as the PAP’s first assistant secretary-general which based on past precedent means that he will be the next PM when Lee Hsien Loong decides to step down. Before long our Little Police Scholar will be the biggest Policeman in our land.
Despite a fairly undistinguished academic record (he got either a 2:1 or 2:2), Heng has ascended rapidly up the well-trodden Civil Service/PAP fast track escalator. In Singapore we have seen that the Civil Service and PAP political office are interchangeable. As the PAP has a cadre system, copied from the Soviet and Chinese Communist Parties and in turn copied by every other political party in Singapore except the Reform Party, Heng would not be appointed unless he was the chosen candidate of Lee Hsien Loong.
Talking about family dynasties is almost a criminal offence here in Singapore. The Government is quick to claim “meritocracy” whenever anyone questions the fitness of the Lee family, their wives and relatives to get the lion’s share of plum jobs and pay themselves outrageously (and secretively) . The Lees we are told, have these positions, not because they are a dynasty but because their academic qualifications are better than any other candidate’s.
This is difficult to claim in the case of Heng Swee Keat who did not have a stellar academic career. So now state media is taking a different tack, calling in the usual safe, pro-PAP talking heads such as Eugene Tan or Gillian Koh to label him as “humble”, a “consensus builder” and a “likeable character”. It is true that, in the words of Winston Churchill, Heng Swee Keat is a modest man who has a great deal to be modest about.
The PAP changes its tune whenever it suits them. It would be impossible to describe LHL as humble or possessed of any shred of EQ so in his case the selection criteria for PM role are based on academic achievement. When academic achievement doesn’t stack up then selection criteria is based on personal qualities. When the PAP doesn’t want a brown PM, “the people aren’t ready for a minority PM”. When the PAP does not want another very able former PAP MP to be President the criteria is ethnic minority only.
In case anyone thinks I am on the side of the elitists, I have never believed that a first class academic record means that someone will automatically make a good leader or politician. I am merely interested in demonstrating PAP hypocrisy. All the things that the state media are saying about Heng could have been said about his predecessor at MOF, Tharman, who was undoubtedly better qualified to be PM. Unfortunately Tharman is not a member of the Majority Race so was never in the running. Nor would LKY have tolerated someone from an inferior race as his PPS.
The most important qualification Heng has for being PM is undoubtedly his proven loyalty to the Lee family. He was praised by LKY as the best PPS he had had and is shown seated next to LKY at the latter’s 91st birthday party.
The fact that Heng is much older than the only other serious candidate, Chan Chun Sing, and that he needs to be careful about his health following his aneurysm, also means that he may be much more amenable to stepping aside after a few years to hand the reins of power to the third generation of the Lee family. If the LHL had been serious about handing long term real power to a new PM he would have chosen someone younger and in better health. As it happens, Li Hongyi, according to my grass roots sources, is already walking the ground in Holland-Bukit Timah with Vivian Balakrishnan.
Interim PMs and seat warmers may come and go but the abiding principle of Singapore’s politics will continue to be that the country belongs to the Lee family. This will endure as long as the PAP are in power or there is a fresh generation of Lees ready to take over. Singaporeans on the whole seem fairly contented with a hereditary monarchy and no doubt over the next five years we will be treated to many anecdotes about Li Hongyi being a “man of the people” who works tirelessly to ensure our welfare.
When it is Heng’s turn to step aside for a Lee, the criteria will flip back once again to being about academic achievements. Meanwhile we can only hope that Heng’s bark is worse than his truncheon and that he does not use those shiny boots to trample on those who oppose him or his masters.
U mean SK better than Tharma? Hmm...
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The ka ki lang praise ka ki lang is soo ongoing,,,,they can make a media corpse drama out of it,,,I wonder who will sing praises next? Dead Fart from the dead?
A leadership team with complementary strengths: Goh Chok Tong on Heng Swee Keat and Chan Chun Sing
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“The choice is good because I know Mr Heng Swee Keat very well ... His strengths are in governing the ground in civil service. He hasn’t quite been exposed to the mobilisation of people. Now, Chan Chun Sing has that … It’s a good team,” Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong told Channel NewsAsia.
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By Jaime Ho Chief Editor, Digital News
27 Nov 2018 12:49PM (Updated: 27 Nov 2018 01:48PM)
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SINGAPORE: In his first comments on the appointment of Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat as the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) first assistant secretary-general, Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said that Mr Heng and Mr Chan Chun Sing, chosen as his deputy, have complementary strengths.
Speaking to Channel NewsAsia on Monday (Nov 26) to discuss his newly published authorised biography Tall Order, Mr Goh noted that while Mr Heng’s strengths lay in his strong experience in governance, he “hasn’t quite been exposed to the mobilisation of people, working with the PAP, the NTUC (National Trades Union Congress), and working with the PA (People’s Association)”.
“Chan Chun Sing has that,” Mr Goh added.
The former prime minister recognised that Mr Chan would have "experience in running some ministries, but his strengths so far have been exposed in those mobilisation areas".
“So, the two will work very well, they’ll complement one another,” Mr Goh said.
Mr Goh’s comments came days after Mr Heng was appointed as the PAP’s first assistant secretary-general, in a move that indicates the finance minister is the clear frontrunner to replace Mr Lee Hsien Loong as Prime Minister. Mr Chan was appointed second assistant secretary-general, with Mr Heng choosing Mr Chan to be his deputy.
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WATCH: Heng Swee Keat and Chan Chun Sing on new PAP appointments
READ: PAP assistant secretary-general appointment a precursor to becoming Singapore’s next PM, analysts say
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PAP's second assistant secretary-general Chan Chun Sing and first assistant secretary-general Heng Swee Keat at a news conference on Nov 23, 2018. (Photo: Hanidah Amin)
Mr Goh’s comments echo those of Mr Lee, who said the two new assistant secretaries-general have “complementary strengths, and make a strong pairing”.
Asked if he felt the younger fourth-generation (4G) leaders may have made their choices for the PAP’s new leadership based on this complementarity between Mr Heng and Mr Chan, Mr Goh demurred.
“That’s not quite so,” he said.
“The ministers and office holders decided on who should be leading the team. So Mr Heng Swee Keat was chosen to be the leader, and Mr Heng, in my view, quite wisely chose to complement himself.”
In his interview with Channel NewsAsia, Mr Goh was asked if the party’s eventual decision to back Mr Heng could simply have been delayed, given the stroke that he had suffered in May 2016.
“I would think so,” he said. “I think without the stroke they would probably have come to a decision earlier, maybe about six to nine months earlier.”
READ: PAP appoints Heng Swee Keat first assistant secretary-general
READ: Heng Swee Keat and Chan Chun Sing 'make a strong pairing', says PM Lee
UNDERSTANDING LEADERSHIP TRANSITION
The issue of timelines in the PAP’s leadership transition was one that Mr Goh had himself raised, most specifically in his public intervention on Facebook on New Year’s Eve last year.
Writing at the time, Mr Goh had said that: "One urgent challenge I would like to see settled is our fourth-generation leadership.
"Every succession is different, but one thing remains the same: Each cohort will have to pick one amongst themselves to lead, and support him. I hope the current cohort will do so in six to nine months' time.
"Then PM can formally designate their choice as his potential successor before 2018 ends."
READ: ESM Goh's New Year wish –settling Singapore's fourth-generation leadership
Asked why he had chosen to intervene at that point, Mr Goh brought the issue back to his early political experience, where he was first introduced to “managed political succession”, first to introduce candidates to politics, and thereafter to manage transitions between leaders.
Mr Goh added that by his calculations, based on Mr Lee’s intention to step down by the age of 70, the current transition had at that time “taken a little longer”.
Nonetheless, with the party’s decision having since been taken, Mr Goh said: “I am very happy that they have decided now to pick the leaders. Obviously, the team players are very good, the individual players are very good.
“But they were a team under Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. So now they have to be a team, under a new leader.”
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
Interview with Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong at the Istana on Monday (Nov 26). (Photo: Hanidah Amin)
THE PAP APPROACH TO “TEAMWORK”
In his remarks following the announcement of his appointment, Mr Heng had pointed to the importance of the overall PAP leadership team in delivering on governance for Singapore.
"I'm deeply conscious of the heavy responsibility I'm taking on, leading the party and governing Singapore are massive and complex tasks," he said.
"No one person can do it alone, not even Mr Lee Kuan Yew who had the help of able, stout-hearted colleagues. I'm heartened that I have the backing of a strong team."
These were comments echoed by the 32 younger political leaders who endorsed Mr Heng as their leader. In their statement issued following the leadership announcement, the group referenced the strong group dynamic, and pledged to “continue to work cohesively as a team”, and being “united in our purpose of serving Singaporeans to the best of our abilities".
Asked to explain the underlying PAP psyche in highlighting the ultimate importance of the team, Mr Goh said: “To run the country, you need the whole team, and of course if there are many people who could form a Cabinet and there is a strong man, it’s good; that means there is a strong leader.
“But strong leaders need a team to get things done,” he added.
“So Mr Lee Kuan Yew was a strong man, but he needed core members to help him: Goh Keng Swee, Rajaratnam, Othman Wok, they were the core members of his team, but beyond them, we had a larger team: Ong Pang Boon, Toh Chin Chye, Chua Sian Chin, the other ministers. So you do need a team to run a country.
"No matter how good a man is, your reach cannot be that wide to understand the issues, cannot be comprehensive, cannot be total. You need a team.”
READ: Political experience, likeable character put Heng Swee Keat in good stead to be PM, analysts say
Using the analogy of a football team, Mr Goh said: “You can have a brilliant striker, but he himself would not be able to win. You need teamwork.”
With the analogy of the football team, Mr Goh was asked whether the PAP could, at some point in the future, have a personality within the party who states at the outset: “I want to be captain one day. I know I can be captain, and I know I can rally the team around me.”
“Well, I think so,” Mr Goh replied. “I think there must come a time where somebody says I want to be the leader.
“But they cannot command that. To be a leader, people must support him.”
Looking at individual strengths, Mr Goh said Mr Heng has the ability to deal with a crisis, raising the example of when Mr Heng was the managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and himself the chairman.
“I saw how he worked,” said Mr Goh, referencing Mr Heng’s work during the global financial crisis. “I think he could take crisis, and he could manage crisis.”
More from the interview with Mr Goh Chok Tong will be published this weekend.
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...g-swee-keat-chan-chun-sing-interview-10970916
A leadership team with complementary strengths: Goh Chok Tong on Heng Swee Keat and Chan Chun Sing
h
02:17
“The choice is good because I know Mr Heng Swee Keat very well ... His strengths are in governing the ground in civil service. He hasn’t quite been exposed to the mobilisation of people. Now, Chan Chun Sing has that … It’s a good team,” Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong told Channel NewsAsia.
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image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
By Jaime Ho Chief Editor, Digital News
27 Nov 2018 12:49PM (Updated: 27 Nov 2018 01:48PM)
Share this content
SINGAPORE: In his first comments on the appointment of Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat as the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) first assistant secretary-general, Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said that Mr Heng and Mr Chan Chun Sing, chosen as his deputy, have complementary strengths.
Speaking to Channel NewsAsia on Monday (Nov 26) to discuss his newly published authorised biography Tall Order, Mr Goh noted that while Mr Heng’s strengths lay in his strong experience in governance, he “hasn’t quite been exposed to the mobilisation of people, working with the PAP, the NTUC (National Trades Union Congress), and working with the PA (People’s Association)”.
“Chan Chun Sing has that,” Mr Goh added.
The former prime minister recognised that Mr Chan would have "experience in running some ministries, but his strengths so far have been exposed in those mobilisation areas".
“So, the two will work very well, they’ll complement one another,” Mr Goh said.
Mr Goh’s comments came days after Mr Heng was appointed as the PAP’s first assistant secretary-general, in a move that indicates the finance minister is the clear frontrunner to replace Mr Lee Hsien Loong as Prime Minister. Mr Chan was appointed second assistant secretary-general, with Mr Heng choosing Mr Chan to be his deputy.
Advertisement
WATCH: Heng Swee Keat and Chan Chun Sing on new PAP appointments
READ: PAP assistant secretary-general appointment a precursor to becoming Singapore’s next PM, analysts say
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
PAP's second assistant secretary-general Chan Chun Sing and first assistant secretary-general Heng Swee Keat at a news conference on Nov 23, 2018. (Photo: Hanidah Amin)
Mr Goh’s comments echo those of Mr Lee, who said the two new assistant secretaries-general have “complementary strengths, and make a strong pairing”.
Asked if he felt the younger fourth-generation (4G) leaders may have made their choices for the PAP’s new leadership based on this complementarity between Mr Heng and Mr Chan, Mr Goh demurred.
“That’s not quite so,” he said.
“The ministers and office holders decided on who should be leading the team. So Mr Heng Swee Keat was chosen to be the leader, and Mr Heng, in my view, quite wisely chose to complement himself.”
In his interview with Channel NewsAsia, Mr Goh was asked if the party’s eventual decision to back Mr Heng could simply have been delayed, given the stroke that he had suffered in May 2016.
“I would think so,” he said. “I think without the stroke they would probably have come to a decision earlier, maybe about six to nine months earlier.”
READ: PAP appoints Heng Swee Keat first assistant secretary-general
READ: Heng Swee Keat and Chan Chun Sing 'make a strong pairing', says PM Lee
UNDERSTANDING LEADERSHIP TRANSITION
The issue of timelines in the PAP’s leadership transition was one that Mr Goh had himself raised, most specifically in his public intervention on Facebook on New Year’s Eve last year.
Writing at the time, Mr Goh had said that: "One urgent challenge I would like to see settled is our fourth-generation leadership.
"Every succession is different, but one thing remains the same: Each cohort will have to pick one amongst themselves to lead, and support him. I hope the current cohort will do so in six to nine months' time.
"Then PM can formally designate their choice as his potential successor before 2018 ends."
READ: ESM Goh's New Year wish –settling Singapore's fourth-generation leadership
Asked why he had chosen to intervene at that point, Mr Goh brought the issue back to his early political experience, where he was first introduced to “managed political succession”, first to introduce candidates to politics, and thereafter to manage transitions between leaders.
Mr Goh added that by his calculations, based on Mr Lee’s intention to step down by the age of 70, the current transition had at that time “taken a little longer”.
Nonetheless, with the party’s decision having since been taken, Mr Goh said: “I am very happy that they have decided now to pick the leaders. Obviously, the team players are very good, the individual players are very good.
“But they were a team under Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. So now they have to be a team, under a new leader.”
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
Interview with Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong at the Istana on Monday (Nov 26). (Photo: Hanidah Amin)
THE PAP APPROACH TO “TEAMWORK”
In his remarks following the announcement of his appointment, Mr Heng had pointed to the importance of the overall PAP leadership team in delivering on governance for Singapore.
"I'm deeply conscious of the heavy responsibility I'm taking on, leading the party and governing Singapore are massive and complex tasks," he said.
"No one person can do it alone, not even Mr Lee Kuan Yew who had the help of able, stout-hearted colleagues. I'm heartened that I have the backing of a strong team."
These were comments echoed by the 32 younger political leaders who endorsed Mr Heng as their leader. In their statement issued following the leadership announcement, the group referenced the strong group dynamic, and pledged to “continue to work cohesively as a team”, and being “united in our purpose of serving Singaporeans to the best of our abilities".
Asked to explain the underlying PAP psyche in highlighting the ultimate importance of the team, Mr Goh said: “To run the country, you need the whole team, and of course if there are many people who could form a Cabinet and there is a strong man, it’s good; that means there is a strong leader.
“But strong leaders need a team to get things done,” he added.
“So Mr Lee Kuan Yew was a strong man, but he needed core members to help him: Goh Keng Swee, Rajaratnam, Othman Wok, they were the core members of his team, but beyond them, we had a larger team: Ong Pang Boon, Toh Chin Chye, Chua Sian Chin, the other ministers. So you do need a team to run a country.
"No matter how good a man is, your reach cannot be that wide to understand the issues, cannot be comprehensive, cannot be total. You need a team.”
READ: Political experience, likeable character put Heng Swee Keat in good stead to be PM, analysts say
Using the analogy of a football team, Mr Goh said: “You can have a brilliant striker, but he himself would not be able to win. You need teamwork.”
With the analogy of the football team, Mr Goh was asked whether the PAP could, at some point in the future, have a personality within the party who states at the outset: “I want to be captain one day. I know I can be captain, and I know I can rally the team around me.”
“Well, I think so,” Mr Goh replied. “I think there must come a time where somebody says I want to be the leader.
“But they cannot command that. To be a leader, people must support him.”
Looking at individual strengths, Mr Goh said Mr Heng has the ability to deal with a crisis, raising the example of when Mr Heng was the managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and himself the chairman.
“I saw how he worked,” said Mr Goh, referencing Mr Heng’s work during the global financial crisis. “I think he could take crisis, and he could manage crisis.”
More from the interview with Mr Goh Chok Tong will be published this weekend.
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...g-swee-keat-chan-chun-sing-interview-10970916
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Mobilisation? Like Army mobilisation ah?
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Distribute chicken rice at rally.
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It appears that his masterplan to wear a Casio watch to appear humble has not worked. 
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KNN no new pm unless 皇帝 jia peng KNN
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don't count him out yet. there was a 2nd sexcretary-general of the party who became pm. no guarantee that seatwarmer role will go to 1st sexcretary-general. one more stroke and goldfish eyes is good as a doorknob.It appears that his masterplan to wear a Casio watch to appear humble has not worked.
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I think he's not even 1.60m. I was taught to never trust short people.
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Agree absolutely, Kee Chew may and probably will, go on to become PM. But he would have still failed to appear humble.
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But there is a minimum height to qualify as a police.
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1.62m I believe. I am sure he wore heels during the interview.
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If Heng is short, how on earth did he enter the police force?
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