DPM Heng at Forbes Conference: Tharman Presidency "very positive" for Singapore

A Tharman Presidency is a "very, very positive sign" for Singapore, said Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Co-ordinating Minister for Economic Policies Heng Swee Keat at the Forbes conference on Monday (11 Sep). It was Heng, who in March 2019, said in a forum at NTU that while younger Singaporeans were increasingly comfortable with the idea of having a minority-race PM, he believed that the older generation were still resistant and unable to accept the notion. At the forum, Asst Prof Walid Jumblatt Abdullah, who is from NTU's School of Social Sciences, had pointed out that Tharman was a popular choice to take on the top job, based on his constituency's elections results. Tharman helmed the Jurong GRC since 2001.

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