When drinking water, think of its source. Presidential hopeful Ng Kok Song quoted the Chinese idiom on Thursday to emphasise...
Mr Ng also responded to Mr Tharman’s vision of being a president for a new era. He said one feature of the new era of Singapore’s governance is a balance between the Presidency and the Government.
On Thursday Mr Ng, 75, walked around the market greeting stallholders and marketgoers before having mee soto for lunch with his fiance Sybil Lau. Ms Lau, 45, sits on several boards including SG Enable, a registered charity for the disabled. Mr Ng also elaborated on why he picked Chinese President Xi Jinping as one of the three people, living or dead, that he would want to have dinner with.
Mr Ng said: “Xi Jinping will be perhaps the most important person who will navigate China in the future, and who will affect the future of the world, affect the future of the Singapore economy in terms of whether we have peace, a cold peace, a cold war or a hot war.
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