Updated Mother of all Dossiers on VB

[Confuseous]

Vivian Balakrishnan - Wannabe tough guy's fall from grace

Once upon a time, Vivian Balakrishnan was among a group of PAP candidates which was termed the “super-seven” by the local mainstream media. In the 2001 General Elections, then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong had introduce the seven - Khaw Boon Wan, Dr Ng Eng Hen, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Dr Balaji Sadasivan, Raymond Lim and Cedric Foo.

Immediately after that elections, Vivian Balakrishnan, who was said to be a critic of the government before he joined the ruling party, was made Minister of State for National Development in 2002.

Following this, he was given numerous positions in the next few years:

- http://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.sg/2013/07/haze-minister-rises-from-ashes.html

 

[steffychun]

Vivian Balakrishnan - Wannabe tough guy's fall from grace

Once upon a time, Vivian Balakrishnan was among a group of PAP candidates which was termed the “super-seven” by the local mainstream media. In the 2001 General Elections, then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong had introduce the seven - Khaw Boon Wan, Dr Ng Eng Hen, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Dr Balaji Sadasivan, Raymond Lim and Cedric Foo.

Immediately after that elections, Vivian Balakrishnan, who was said to be a critic of the government before he joined the ruling party, was made Minister of State for National Development in 2002.

Following this, he was given numerous positions in the next few years:

- http://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.sg/2013/07/haze-minister-rises-from-ashes.html

Out of the seven, Ng EH got to coveted and easily post of MINDEF. Hardly any one asks him questions in parliament