Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat again said Singapore was not ready for a prime minister who is not Chinese, the majority race of the country. “Will we ever have a non-Chinese as a prime minister? It will come one day because the Singapore society is maturing,” Heng said at the Forbes Global CEO …
Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat again said Singapore was not ready for a prime minister who is not Chinese, the majority race of the country.
Heng’s comments on Sept 11 came a few weeks after former deputy prime minister Tharman said Singaporeans were ready for a non-Chinese prime minister while he was campaigning for president. On Sept 1, Tharman, who is of South Indian heritage, was elected Singapore president in a landslide victory with 70.4 per cent of the vote.
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