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DPM Heng stepping aside a setback, but not a blow to succession planning: Analysts
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SINGAPORE: Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat’s decision to step aside as Singapore’s potential Prime Minister is a setback to succession planning, but depending on the leadership’s next steps, the impact can be contained, analysts told CNA on Thursday (Apr 8).
Thursday, 08 Apr 2021 06:34 PM MYT
Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said that Singapore needs a leader who will not only rebuild country post-Covid-19, but also lead the next phase of the nation-building effort. TODAY pic
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SINGAPORE, April 8 Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat has taken himself out of the running for the top job, two-and-a-half years after emerging as the frontrunner to succeed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Conveying his decision in a letter to PM Lee today, a copy of which was sent to newsrooms, Heng, who is also finance minister, said that he would have too short of a runway given that he would be near his mid-60s when he takes over as prime minister after the Covid-19 crisis is over.
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Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean signing the affirmation of allegiance at Parliament House on Jul 27, 2020. (Photo: Hanidah Amin)
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SINGAPORE: If Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is on leave, Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean will be appointed Acting Prime Minister.
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Lee Hsien Loong s letter to Heng Swee Keat on his decision to step aside as 4G leader
PM Lee Hsien Loong speaking at a press conference at the Istana on April 8, 2021.ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
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