Throw a stone in S'pore and you will hit an "adviser" - highest adviser per capita

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.By Andrew Loh
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Former DPM Wong Kan Seng has become a special advisor to the government. (Yahoo! photo)

The recent appointment of former Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Wong Kan Seng as Special Advisor for Economic Co-operation is the latest in what is a curious phenomena in Singapore — the role of advisors in government, particularly the appointments of former Cabinet ministers to such roles.

Wong, who stepped down from the Cabinet in May following the general election, is now tasked with advising the prime minister "on economic co-operation programmes with China and other Asian countries."

He is the second economic advisor to the prime minister, the other being Philip Yeo, who is perhaps best known for his former chairmanships of the Economic Development Board (EDB) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).

Since 2007, Yeo has been the Special Advisor for Economic Development to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, besides being the head of government, also wears several other hats, notably as chairman of the Government Investment Corporation of Singapore (GIC) and the People's Association (PA).

At the GIC, PM Lee is the chairman, taking over from former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew this year. The senior Lee is now Special Advisor to PM Lee there.

PM Lee is not the only senior minister in government who has advisors, however. Deputy PM and Finance and Manpower Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who replaced former Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong as chairman at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), now has Goh as Senior Advisor to the MAS Board.

- http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/sing...s-still-cast-long-shadows-govt-110924633.html

 

[HedgeTrader]

Re: Throw a stone in S'pore and you will hit an "adviser" - highest adviser per capit

They all clueless and need advice LOL

 

[The_Hypocrite]

Re: Throw a stone in S'pore and you will hit an "adviser" - highest adviser per capit

Actually you will more likely hit a PAP supporter or one of the 60%

 

[hairylee]

Re: Throw a stone in S'pore and you will hit an "adviser" - highest adviser per capit

They all clueless and need advice LOL

Milk the cash cow dry.
Their pensions are not enough.

 

[Conqueror]

Re: Throw a stone in S'pore and you will hit an "adviser" - highest adviser per capit

Cash Cow ? Star and Dog ?

 

[GoldenDragon]

Re: Throw a stone in S'pore and you will hit an "adviser" - highest adviser per capit

As special advisor to the govt, WKS will have many many advisors to advice him and his role is merely a messenger, a very ex one. What does he know about economics? Int'l trade, finance and banking? Kosong.

 

[Ramseth]

Re: Throw a stone in S'pore and you will hit an "adviser" - highest adviser per capit

First and foremost, get rid of all the grasshopper advisors.

 

[kingrant]

Re: Throw a stone in S'pore and you will hit an "adviser" - highest adviser per capit

How come he can only become special adviser to govt or govt related orgs? How come he cannot be adviser to MNCs, foreign banks, even foreign govts?

I thot they were all so talented that we had to overpay them to keep them from running away?

More like domesticated parrot - will never leave the cage even if door is wide open.

 

[Kid278]

Re: Throw a stone in S'pore and you will hit an "adviser" - highest adviser per capit

First and foremost, get rid of all the grasshopper advisors.

Yeah, dont throw stones. Hit them with rocks, these are no ordinary grasshoppers, they are locusts.

 

[halsey02]

Re: Throw a stone in S'pore and you will hit an "adviser" - highest adviser per capit

Yeah, dont throw stones. Hit them with rocks, these are no ordinary grasshoppers, they are locusts.

For locusts you have to call upon Moses to get rid of them!. WKS why wasn't he the adviser on National Security?, he is the expert on this, he can give plenty of tips.

 

[methink]

Re: Throw a stone in S'pore and you will hit an "adviser" - highest adviser per capit

For locusts you have to call upon Moses to get rid of them!. WKS why wasn't he the adviser on National Security?, he is the expert on this, he can give plenty of tips.

Like how to keep Mas Selamat from getting away?