Since announcing his intention to run in this year's Presidential Election, entrepreneur George Goh has been a very busy man. And it's not just from his weekly walkabouts to engage the public but also having to fend off critics questioning his eligibility and command of the English language. And just recently, former Temasek Holdings chief executive officer Ho Ching posted...
Since announcing his intention to run in this year's Presidential Election, entrepreneur George Goh has been a very busy man.
Goh was speaking to AsiaOne during a sit-down interview in his 21,000 sq ft big home along Holland Road on Friday morning, where he spoke candidly about his favourite hawker haunts, his English pronunciation and his family. Explaining his point, Goh said that the $500 million equity requirement for a private sector candidate means that "very few" people qualify in the first place.
Of course, the decision to step down from the businesses he's painstakingly built over the years isn't an easy one, he admitted. Aside from satisfying his own hunger for learning, Goh added that continuous learning also helps to keep dementia at bay.
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