Next PM in new line-up?

• Clivebenss

  27 Feb 11, 08:20

  Feb 27, 2011 - Straits Times

  Teo Chee Hean says system must ensure good, tested candidates come in to take country forward

  By Kor Kian Beng

  
  

  THE ruling party cannot say for sure if any one among its line-up of new faces will become Singapore's next prime minister, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean made it clear on Saturday.

  'We can never tell,' he said when asked by reporters if PM Lee Hsien Loong's successor is among the new batch of PAP candidates.

  'All we can do is to make sure that we have a system that continues to bring in good people,' he said at a ceremony for new citizens in his Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC.

  'We don't want a random process where somebody has no experience and is an unknown quantity. It may be nice for a change but he comes in and either runs your GRC and you don't know whether he's going to deliver, or more dramatically, if he comes in and runs your country and you don't know what he is and whether he is going to deliver,' he added.

  Mr Teo expressed confidence that Singaporeans want to make sure 'we have good, tried and tested people who can take the constituency and country forward'.

  In his first comments since the publication of the new electoral map last Thursday, he also highlighted one shortcoming of four-member GRCs.

• wsy1234

  27 Feb 11, 09:46

  if you look at the 6 men GRC, how many of them? That is the answer. unless somebody not happy.

• likeyou

  27 Feb 11, 09:50

  I prefer someone that can talk on behalf for the pple.

  And can feel the ground and know how pple in their life.

• similanjiaomycockbig ok

  27 Feb 11, 13:19

  i want ah neh as the next PM....so all our forein talents come from india,bangladesh,sri lanka,tamil nadu,tamil tigers...at least no china men

• Asromanista2001

  27 Feb 11, 14:31

  the new PM will just be a bench-warmer like Go Choke Thong (Bikini) lor................

   

  just a puppet....................then replaced by LKY's grandson....................

• Fcukpap

  27 Feb 11, 19:45

  someone who watch å¤œå¸‚人生 along with us....and understand how our "pasar malam" life works before churning out policies....lol

  
  

• Rock^Star

  27 Feb 11, 20:52

  "take the country forward".......country or people? I think the former since this govt is so centred on gdp.

• Cute Dolphin

  27 Feb 11, 20:53

  Originally posted by Rock^Star:

  "take the country forward".......country or people? I think the former since this govt is so centred on gdp.

  
  We have a GDP obssessive Government. They should look into other economic indicators.

• Fcukpap

  27 Feb 11, 22:00

  the answer should be balanced

• Fcukpap

  27 Feb 11, 22:05

  anyways.....to think about this....i rudder go pub dring blendy....

• FBFIce

  27 Feb 11, 22:09

  SHUT THE FUCK UP motherfuker Dolphin

• similanjiaomycockbig ok

  27 Feb 11, 23:21

  Originally posted by Rock^Star:

  "take the country forward".......country or people? I think the former since this govt is so centred on gdp.

  
  u sure or not clown....