[Speculation]PM LHL handover to the new Prime Minister next year or so~

[FrogGreen]

LHL wil stil hang on as PM at 2020

enjoy

that is what i feel too.. he will not hang on as long as his dad.

but finding the next PM is just a facade.

 

[FrogGreen]

TS i think u think too much liao.

He will be PM until he is 70. ( i am making a bold guess.) the recent woohah of finding a successor is just a facade.

 

[caytruc]

More than 2 weeks already. Why still no cabinet yet?

 

[caytruc]

I think tharman as seat warmer pm like gct while the 4th Gen leaders are being groomed

GCT 14 years as PM, not seat warmer.
Tharman can be PM, then pass on to the son of LHL. Bypassing CCS, TCJ, NCM.

 

[FrogGreen]

But Tharman cannot be seat warmer.... One PM term is like 10yrs long...

Our first PM was PM for 30 years

 

[DanielTng]

GCT 14 years as PM, not seat warmer.
Tharman can be PM, then pass on to the son of LHL. Bypassing CCS, TCJ, NCM.

I dun know why people should always talk about GCT warming the seat for LHL.

GCT was in office for 14 years and in those 14 years, he ran Singapore the GCT style, more listening and more accommodative then Mr LKY.

It just turns out that LHL was outstanding and the cabinet unanimously elected to make them their leader.

LHL is 65~66 years old only and he is still able and sound. Why should he steps down. To me he can still be in office till 70~75 if his health permits.

Tharman is good at what he is doing at the moment so why should he be taking over LHL.

Next, I dun find anything wrong if the next generation Li's like Li Hongyi, Li Shengwu or even Li Haoyi were to be capable and taking over the helm. Nobody dominates the party and insist that whoever that is PM must be handed over to the younger Li. It is the Party's decisions and not that of LKY. In fact LKY never wanted LHL to be in politics.

Singapore's pool of top brain is really limited and the pool of good leaders are all the more limited and why shouldn't be a top gun like LHL or any of the younger Li take the rein if they are the best man for the job.

The fact that why these younger generations of leaders most often comes from the family of the past leaders is because from young they are exposed to the influence and the political talks of the parents or the elders over the dinner table like what Li Shengwu talk of his yeye discussing with him on the politics of Singapore.

Sometimes, I am puzzled why people like to smear the Li's of being a dynasty etc etc and who and who warming the seats for them.

George Bush junior became president just like his father, why nobody says that it is the Bush's dynasty. Yes, it was the party that nominated younger Bush for presidency just like the party nominating LHL and why should people smear LHL by talks of the Li dynasty.

President Park of South Korea - his father was Park Chung Hee - why nobody says that the presidents before her were warming the seats for her. Just because her father was killed and did not survive till her taking over so she is not a Park dynasty?

Let's judge the individuals by their own merits and if Li Shengwu, Li Hongyi or Li Haoyi are capable and if they were not refrain from politics by their parents like what LKY tried to refrain LHL from being involved in politics which is ridiculous, then let them prove themselves and if the party felt that any of them has the caliber and capability of giving the party and the nation the leadership much needed, then what's wrong with them being the future leader/leaders of this nation.

Just be neutral and be fair and let's not deter any good people from office if they are the best around.

Let nature takes its course. In the meantime, I believe the PM is looking around for his successor and getting the ground prepared in his this new term of office and whoever he is, I think the revelations would be coming forth by the next election in 2020.

 

[Metaphysics]

in UK where are PM are unofficial limited to two terms.
and they are willing to resign and pass this leadership to the next generated before his time is up.

these are nation that act on credibility and integrity.
and yet the nation is strong and free.

NAZI party singapore cannot measure to those credibility and integrity.

 

[FrogGreen]

In fact LKY never wanted LHL to be in politics.

I think otherwise. LHL did become our PM after all.

 

[derrickgoh]

I doubt he will step down so soon. Look how long LKY was PM. Unless his health doesn't allow him to, I doubt Dragon Lee will step down any time soon.

And I am pretty sure he would want his son to succeed him but that would be a joke 'cos Dragon Junior hasn't even been in politics for a day. If Dragon Junior becomes PM you can bet many if not all foreign investors will pull out and every country will laugh at us.

That said, Dragon Lee himself knew nuts about politics and flew threw the ranks of the SAF so you never know. He might appoint a caretaker PM for now with plans for his son to take over in the very near future.

And I feel the candidates for caretaker PM are:
1. Tharman Shanmugaratnam
2. Teo Chee Hean
3. K. Shanmugam

Out of these 3 Tharman seems to be the most popular. Yes he's old but if Dragon Lee intends for him to be only a caretaker PM then I guess age is not an issue.

 

[caytruc]

And I feel the candidates for caretaker PM are:
1. Tharman Shanmugaratnam
2. Teo Chee Hean
3. K. Shanmugam

4. Khaw Boon Wan
5. Heng Swee Keat

 

[Dudick]

Look at the GE top 3 result

1. Tharman Shanmugaratnam
2. LHL
3. Chan Chun Sing.

If LHL insist on 4th gen leadership taking over then you can guess the next PM liao.

 

[DanielTng]

I think otherwise. LHL did become our PM after all.

Without LKY being around, do you think the LKY effect within the party is still there much even though one of the Li's may take up politics in time to come. At the moment none of the Li's are in politics and has been slated as a candidate in this election and I don't think any would appear in 2020 elections.

Then it is 2025 and 2030 or 2024/2029. If there is one that appears in 2024, I do not think he would be Pm straight away. Then you are looking at the distance of 2029 or 2034. Imagine that LHL were to hand over the premiership in 2022, it would be at least 14 years after like 2036 that we shall see a Li in the helm.

Once again I would like to put it across is that if the younger Li is capable, why not. Let's judge a man by his merits and not because he is a Li, therefore he is handicapped and should carry with him the burden of the Li dynasty tag.

I do not mind another Li being on the helm if the Li's family can continuously produce good leadership quality off-springs that is able to carry on with the LKY legacy.

Imagine if we have HSK or CCS as the PM in 2022, mid term after the next elections as Singapore premiership is always the passing over of the baton and if would be as what LHL has put it shortly after the next elections.

By then LHL would be 70.

Now imagine that LHL were to hand over to HSK or CCS, their age would be 61/52 respectively. Now if any of these two were to as what many would like to say warm the seat, then 14 years after that is 2036, their age would be 75/66 respectively.

The 3 potential Li's that can are possible candidates to continue with the LKY legacy are:

Li Hongyi - now 28, By 2036 = 49
Li Shengwu - now 30, By 2036 = 51
Li Haoyi - now 26, By 2036 = 47

Of the three, Shengwu appears the most brilliant - presently pursuing a PhD in Economics at the Stanford University.

Hongyi on the other hand has had his PhD in Business Economics from Harvard in 2011 and is presently lecturing in the University of New South Wales since 2012. He graduated with flying colours in Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology.

Shengwu is Hsien Yang's son and if he takes on his father, I do not think that he would become a politician. Hongyi on the other hand has more of the aggressiveness of his grand-dad and I wouldn't be surprise that he would be dragged into the party by Tharman and Chee Hian soon and if he were to do his internship within the party, I wouldn't be surprise that he would be pushed to the top seat by 2036.

So if we have brilliant Li's assuming the leadership - WHAT'S WRONG.

Just because he is a Li.

 

[Dudick]

Hongyi on the other hand has had his PhD in Business Economics from Harvard in 2011 and is presently lecturing in the University of New South Wales since 2012. He graduated with flying colours in Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology.

That Hongyi at NSW is not LHL son. LHL son is currently working in IDA serving his PSC bond

 

[DanielTng]

That Hongyi at NSW is not LHL son. LHL son is currently working in IDA serving his PSC bond

Have checked and noticed that. Thanks.