Finance Minister Lawrence Wong the first choice of an ‘overwhelming majority’ among 4G leaders – Mothership.SG

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Finance Minister Lawrence Wong was the selection of the “overwhelming majority” for chief among the many “4G” management of Singaporean politicians.

On April 16, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, former Transport Minister, former PAP chairman Khaw Boon Wan, and Wong himself had been at a media convention.

This adopted a momentous announcement on April 14 that Wong had been chosen as the brand new chief of Singapore’s 4G management staff.

Khaw Boon Wan on the choice course of

Khaw revealed that he interviewed 19 “stakeholders”, comprising the Cupboard plus Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin and NTUC Secretary-Common Ng Chee Meng.

PM Lee and Senior Ministers Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Teo Chee Hean weren’t consulted on their views.

Khaw had individually approached the cupboard ministers after Price range 2022 and the Committee of Provide Debates. The interviews had been carried out over three weeks, with every interview lasting as much as an hour.

He requested them about their most well-liked selection of chief (apart from themselves) and to rank them so as of choice.

Khaw mentioned the stakeholders had been “very candid”.

15 of the 19 selected Wong as their most well-liked chief, whereas not one of the different names garnered greater than two votes every.

Khaw mentioned that because of having a “clear consequence”, there was no want for him to debate who was “second or third selection”.

“Suffice to say that Lawrence was the primary selection of an awesome majority,” Khaw mentioned.

When he offered his findings to Cupboard on Thursday, “all collectively endorsed the choice to have Lawrence Wong lead the 4G staff, as did the PAP MPs at a celebration caucus afterward.”

A reporter requested why Khaw was chosen to steer the choice course of as an alternative of the 4G staff selecting by themselves.

PM Lee replied that essentially, they had been bringing everybody collectively and reaching a selection of a brand new chief in a manner that fosters consensus and belief.

He added that it might assist the brand new chief to consolidate his understanding, construct his staff and construct his skill to steer Singapore ahead.

He referred to earlier events the place the subsequent chief was chosen in numerous methods.

Completely different strategies

Within the case of Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, PM Lee’s predecessor as PM, “a small group of us,” met informally after the 1984 elections, at most six, and decided.

In PM Lee’s personal case, former Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng chaired a bunch of ministers, hosted lunch and settled it over lunch.

“All of us, I used to be very moved that everyone felt it was an easy matter and we got here to a conclusion in a short time,” he mentioned.

High picture through Prime Minister’s Workplace/YouTube.

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