PM Lee to relinquish finance post, Tharman to take over
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SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will relinquish his appointment as Minister for Finance, effective from 1 December.
Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam will be appointed as Minister for Finance, says a statement from the Prime Minister's Office.
Mr Tharman will continue concurrently as Minister for Education until after the Budget Debate and Committee of Supply next year, when he will relinquish the appointment and the Prime Minister will make consequential changes to other Cabinet appointments. - CNA/ir -
as a Finance Minister, would he be empowered to question leeching into the money losing investment so far?
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Relinquish all his appointments as well as PM, the role at MAS and so on. Just totally get him out.
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So what difference will this make?
...change shoes, but same stinking feet in new shoes...
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Finance Minister also needs PM's approval right?.
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When LHL is holding 2 positions, wankers and whiners are all complaining about the conflict of interest. Now that he steps down as finance minister, the wankers are now starting to wank the whiners...
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If he is no longer PM, he might also be critized. Very sad.Originally posted by Gazelle:When LHL is holding 2 positions, wankers and whiners are all complaining about the conflict of interest. Now that he steps down as finance minister, the wankers are now starting to wank the whiners...
Anyway whom do u think will the Minister of Education? -
Nothing that the PAP ministers do will not be criticized. In truth, there are so many wrongs waiting in line for them to do.
Believe me. It's true. -
If you don't try to make all these claims about being the world's best and pay yourself world's best salaries then people will just accept any mediocre performance and there will be less criticisms.
But once you claim to be world's best or insist on getting your way and listening to none then it is only natural that people will want them to provide world's class service including getting the world's highest or at least the swiss wages for its people.
Is this expectation fair? -
He would be better off if he retires from politics.
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When did he claimed he is the world best leader?Originally posted by robertteh:If you don't try to make all these claims about being the world's best and pay yourself world's best salaries then people will just accept any mediocre performance and there will be less criticisms.
But once you claim to be world's best or insist on getting your way and listening to none then it is only natural that people will want them to provide world's class service including getting world's highest or at least the swiss wages.
Is this expectation fair? -
His government's chief spokesman none other than MM Lee has claimed to be the world's best deserving to be paid the world's highest salaries.Originally posted by will4:When did he claimed he is the world best leader?
Not only that MM Lee also said compared with Singapore's leaders the leaders of Denmark and Finland were only merely mediocre, -
Finland can produce Nokia products. I think he should compared Spore with HK.Originally posted by robertteh:His government's chief spokesman none other than MM Lee has claimed to be the world's best deserving to be paid the world's highest salaries.
Not only that MM Lee also said compared with Singapore's leaders the leaders of Denmark and Finland were only merely mediocre, -
my bet is the navy liu guy will be the education minister....surely some ministers will be 'retiring' too.....
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He is also looking to replace the Minister of Law. I bet RADM(NS) Lui will be the next Minister of education.
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at fcukin last Tharman Shanmugaratnam going to step down as education minister. we have enough of him screwin up the education sys by flinking it like roti prata.
now the finance sector going to suffer. -
Well said Robert. Much is given much is demanded. In Chinese saying "mei na mo da de tou jiu bu yao dai na mo da de mao", if one's head is not big then don't wear big hat. Serve them right, paying themselves world class pay but can't deliver to the satisfaction of the people who feed them, so what is there to defend for this despotic PAP. They are in other words digging their own grave.Originally posted by robertteh:If you don't try to make all these claims about being the world's best and pay yourself world's best salaries then people will just accept any mediocre performance and there will be less criticisms.
But once you claim to be world's best or insist on getting your way and listening to none then it is only natural that people will want them to provide world's class service including getting the world's highest or at least the swiss wages for its people.
Is this expectation fair? -
The botak head will be our future PMOriginally posted by 798:at fcukin last Tharman Shanmugaratnam going to step down as education minister. we have enough of him screwin up the education sys by flinking it like roti prata.
now the finance sector going to suffer. -
his best paid salariesOriginally posted by will4:When did he claimed he is the world best leader? -
2011 General Elections : Secretary General Tharman leads PAP team to the polls.
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haha, good oneOriginally posted by Lin Yu:his best paid salaries 
Whenever I hear or read of their best paid salaries the image that always comes to mind is the mafia extorting protection money! I dunno why but I get confused between these 2 parties lah
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Any way, they share the same motive. Probably the mafias are a little better, mafias will "jiang yi qi".Originally posted by adetet:haha, good one
Whenever I hear or read of their best paid salaries the image that always comes to mind is the mafia extorting protection money! I dunno why but I get confused between these 2 parties lah
Will be happy to see loong relinquish all the posts he is holding now. -
x2 definitely lui tuck yewOriginally posted by will4:He is also looking to replace the Minister of Law. I bet RADM(NS) Lui will be the next Minister of education. -
LOLOriginally posted by HyperFocal:So what difference will this make?
...change shoes, but same stinking feet in new shoes...
makes no diference.... -
Its about time.Originally posted by Gazelle:SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will relinquish his appointment as Minister for Finance, effective from 1 December.
Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam will be appointed as Minister for Finance, says a statement from the Prime Minister's Office.
Mr Tharman will continue concurrently as Minister for Education until after the Budget Debate and Committee of Supply next year, when he will relinquish the appointment and the Prime Minister will make consequential changes to other Cabinet appointments. - CNA/ir
I mean......he should be preparing for a nice retirement and not work 'so hard'. hope u get what i mean.