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15-04-2025, 10:43 PM
(15-04-2025, 10:29 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Soft launch before GE? – Li Hongyi makes rare media appearance, triggering PAP candidacy rumours
A new media appearance. S'pore Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s son, Li Hongyi, last week triggered speculation as to whether appearance is a soft launch, whether he will be part of ruling party’s slate for 2025 General Election.
Although it unclear when election will be held, with the Prime Minister & the secretary-general of People’s Action Party (PAP) having discretion over the timing of the polls, rumours are rife that election may take place as soon as early May. Latest today evening news: GE it is confirmed to be 3rd May 2025.
Both PAP and opposition parties have been busy, launching new faces, staking claims to wards, and releasing their manifestos, with 9 May being touted online as a potential date S'poreans may go to the polls. Latest:...
Noted : Latest today evening news: GE it is confirmed to be 3rd May 2025. Amid the heat of these activities, BRAVE Southeast has published a video interview with Li Hongyi. While interview revolves around Mr Li’s work as director of Open Govt Products at the Govt Technology Agency of S'pore (GovTech), a rare media appearance raised eyebrows online given the timing of its release, video has been reposted on online forums and social networking sites, with a number of commenters asking whether Mr Li will be standing for election. One commenter asked, “A split image of his father in looks, speech and mannerism. Standing for the coming election?” Some others noted that Mr Li is rarely interviewed and asked whether it is truly coincidental that the interview was published on 9 Apr, possibly a month before the polls.
Speculation over Mr Li’s potential future involvement in politics has been rife for several years now. SM Lee, in an interview that took place in 2018 while he was S'pore Prime Minister, responded to whether the next generation of Lees would join politics. Noting that it would be unkind of him to “burden” his children since it is “difficult enough” for them to carry his name, Mr Lee said:
