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As Singapore’s PM Lee Hsien Loong turns 70, no clear successor is in sight
Lee signalled his intention to step down before he turned 70 but at the height of the pandemic pledged to stay on to steer the city state into calmer waters
With no ‘stand-out’ successor now, the danger is that the eventual leader ‘will not be seen as a clear choice in the first place’, says an ex-MP
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A major problem - it's too expensive and too late to build a runaway for anyone now..
No one can match Heng Swee Keat.
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Wish him good health and no time to retire and enjoy money.
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(12-02-2022, 08:32 AM)Sharexchange Wrote: Wish him good health and no time to retire and enjoy money.
"人无千日好"
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Pls lah , give throne away willingly n gracefully when yr name is still good..
Nobody is indespensible! Sick , tired , too old need to retire to smell roses..
A successor or a team like switzerland will take over n tgis island jewel envied by our predator neighboirs will b in safe hands with so many army generals holding ths fort.
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(12-02-2022, 08:27 AM)Scythian Wrote: As Singapore’s PM Lee Hsien Loong turns 70, no clear successor is in sight
Hello, Alex Tan!
How come you didn't come back as a candidate for the last GE?
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Runway? T5 runway also stop liao..ha
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Awaiting after COVID and clear reason for next PM maybe.
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With or without him as Minister, no difference lah.
He will still be haunting us as a Snr Mentor.
Why do we need 5 Mayors and 80 PAP Ministers?
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(12-02-2022, 09:04 AM)Yin yang Wrote: Pls lah , give throne away willingly n gracefully when yr name is still good..
Nobody is indespensible! Sick , tired , too old need to retire to smell roses..
A successor or a team like switzerland will take over n tgis island jewel envied by our predator neighboirs will b in safe hands with so many army generals holding ths fort.
At his age who don't want to retire. I am sure he love to but I think nobody want the hot seat.
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(12-02-2022, 08:27 AM)Scythian Wrote: As Singapore’s PM Lee Hsien Loong turns 70, no clear successor is in sight
Lee signalled his intention to step down before he turned 70 but at the height of the pandemic pledged to stay on to steer the city state into calmer waters
With no ‘stand-out’ successor now, the danger is that the eventual leader ‘will not be seen as a clear choice in the first place’, says an ex-MP
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Well Heng SK was suppose to be successor but he did not want to take up so that leaves job to others. So a plan was in place but derailed
The best and most suitable is Chan Chun Seng...rest are not suitable at all.
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(12-02-2022, 11:16 AM)Goldmine Wrote: At his age who don't want to retire. I am sure he love to but I think nobody want the hot seat.
beg yr pardon noby wants to be the next pm???
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with or w/0 the next pm spore is n will sink deeper n deeper if the system do not change
too much damage deep n wide hv been done.
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(12-02-2022, 11:18 AM)sgbuffett Wrote: Well Heng SK was suppose to be successor but he did not want to take up so that leaves job to others. So a plan was in place but derailed
The best and most suitable is Chan Chun Seng...rest are not suitable at all.
He cannot make it. He can’t keep secret.
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大忌。
OYK is the best choice.
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(12-02-2022, 09:04 AM)Yin yang Wrote: Pls lah , give throne away willingly n gracefully when yr name is still good..
Nobody is indespensible! Sick , tired , too old need to retire to smell roses..
A successor or a team like switzerland will take over n tgis island jewel envied by our predator neighboirs will b in safe hands with so many army generals holding ths fort.
The longer he drags, the worse his reputation will tarnish further….
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"
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(12-02-2022, 11:19 AM)talky Wrote: beg yr pardon noby wants to be the next pm???
Why would the 4G leadership don't want to be the next PM. The remuneration is over 2 million dollars a year, with a 16K as MP allowance. Eat cannot finish, it is enough to last his 3 generations, without ever need to work.............
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(12-02-2022, 11:19 AM)talky Wrote: beg yr pardon noby wants to be the next pm???
PM Lee is not indispensable
He can leave today, and Singaporeans will easily find a replacement tomorrow.
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“If Singapore disappears tomorrow, the world will probably continue on just fine,” said PM Lee of the intrinsic nature of small states.
It proves PM Lee can leave anytime too.
No regrets
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(12-02-2022, 12:24 PM)Scythian Wrote: PM Lee is not indispensable
He can leave today, and Singaporeans will easily find a replacement tomorrow.
That is true, but LHL buey pang sim, to let his PM post to be taken over by someone who is not as capable as him. Anyway he is not leaving the PAP govt. cos he will still be a senior minister of minister mentor..
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(12-02-2022, 12:29 PM)debono Wrote: That is true, but LHL buey pang sim, to let his PM post to be taken over by someone who is not as capable as him. Anyway he is not leaving the PAP govt. cos he will still be a senior minister of minister mentor..
Is PM Lee more capable than late MM Lee Kuan Yew?
Yes or no?
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(12-02-2022, 11:00 AM)Ola Wrote: With or without him as Minister, no difference lah.
He will still be haunting us as a Snr Mentor.
I really hope he will stay on as a Senior Minister and GCT would be Minister Mentor.
The 39% had been hoping that LOTO Singh would become PM Singh but now they know that his leadership cmi....
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(12-02-2022, 12:31 PM)Scythian Wrote: Is PM Lee more capable than late MM Lee Kuan Yew?
Yes or no?
Yes.
Just as good.
But they were running the country in different eras and different circumstances.
MM LKY might not have achieved what PM LHL achieved because the former's style would not go down well with today's oppies who'd use online media to attack him. Last time, he could ban newspaper, but now it is hard with online media....last time there was no such thing as crowdfunding.
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(12-02-2022, 12:29 PM)debono Wrote: That is true, but LHL buey pang sim, to let his PM post to be taken over by someone who is not as capable as him. Anyway he is not leaving the PAP govt. cos he will still be a senior minister of minister mentor..
PM Lee was dropped from Times 100 rankings of World's Most Influential Leaders 7 years ago.
Even B4 that, PM Lee were at the bottom of the rankings
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(12-02-2022, 12:36 PM)Scythian Wrote: PM Lee was dropped from Times 100 rankings of World's Most Influential Leaders 7 years ago.
Even B4 that, PM Lee were at the bottom of the rankings
How sad, as we know LHL is just a notch behind his father, and the world had unjustifiably ranked him at the bottom of the ratings, it is an unfair measurement by the World's Most Influential leader..........
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(12-02-2022, 12:20 PM)debono Wrote: Why would the 4G leadership don't want to be the next PM. The remuneration is over 2 million dollars a year, with a 16K as MP allowance. Eat cannot finish, it is enough to last his 3 generations, without ever need to work.............
BEST PART ANSWER TO NOBY
IS A 0 RISK JOB
AS A 2 TERM PM EARN ENOUGH TO LAST >5 GENERATIONS
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(12-02-2022, 01:21 PM)talky Wrote: BEST PART ANSWER TO NOBY
IS A 0 RISK JOB
AS A 2 TERM PM EARN ENOUGH TO LAST >5 GENERATIONS
1st trillionaire politician
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(12-02-2022, 08:28 AM)Scythian Wrote: A major problem - it's too expensive and too late to build a runaway for anyone now..
No one can match Heng Swee Keat.
shld be no one can match george yeo.. wp has done Singaporeans a very big disservice by kicking out george yeo and messed up our succession planning for the last 10 years...
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(12-02-2022, 12:36 PM)Scythian Wrote: PM Lee was dropped from Times 100 rankings of World's Most Influential Leaders 7 years ago.
Even B4 that, PM Lee were at the bottom of the rankings
How to be influential when we are merely red dot?
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