Daily Lessons from Life 04 January 2018 - Leader of the 4th Gen Leaders

"Singapore's younger office holders will settle on a potential leader 'in good time'

SINGAPORE: The younger generation of Singapore leaders is "keenly aware" that leadership succession is "a pressing issue", given that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said he intends to step down after the next General Election. 

"We are conscious of our responsibility, are working closely together as a team, and will settle on a leader from amongst us in good time," said the 16 office holders on Thursday (Jan 4) in a joint response to media queries.

The 16 are: Chan Chun Sing, Chee Hong Tat, Grace Fu, Heng Swee Keat, Koh Poh Koon, Desmond Lee, Masagos Zulkifli, Ng Chee Meng, Ong Ye Kung, Janil Puthucheary, Indranee Rajah, S Iswaran, Sim Ann, Tan Chuan-Jin, Josephine Teo and Lawrence Wong.

They added: "Political stability has been the hallmark of Singapore and smooth leadership succession has instilled confidence amongst Singaporeans and our friends around the world."

Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong had said on New Year's Eve that having the People's Action Party's fourth generation leadership in place and settled is an "urgent challenge" in 2018.

Writing on Facebook, he also said that he hopes the younger office holders will pick a leader amongst themselves in six to nine months' time."

So it is decided that the PM-designate will b picked by these 16 cabinets members excluding the 3rd gen leaders like PM, 2DPMs, older Ministers like Khaw, Lim Swee Say n Lim Hng Kiang, n Ng. There will be no surprise candidates.

Whoever the 16 picked as their leader, they hv a daunting task ahead to keep the nation together n establish their credibility as more n more voters hv s8milar educational backgrounds n self-perception plus the external factors are changing rapidly n not necessarily in Sgp's favour. 

Will they be focusing on fixing the emerging opposition members that it will distract they from leading the nation? Hope they can do better than PM Lee who once mentioned a stronger opposition means he has no slack time to run the country well.

A stronger opposition is a reality. So, the 4th Gen leaders better know what to do to/with the emerging opposition members!!

Majulah Singapura no matter who lead in the alphabets game of: Malay, Indian, Chinese!!