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SINGAPORE FM GEORGE YEO CALLS IT QUITS FROM POLITICS
SINGAPORE, May 10 (Bernama) -- Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo says he will not be contesting Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the the next general election (GE).
The 57-year-old Minister who has served Singaporeans over the last 23 years told a news conference that he would leave the important task to someone younger.
In last Saturday's GE, Yeo's team lost the battle in Aljunied GRC to the Workers' Party (WP) team, led by former Hougang MP Low Thia Kiang, top lawyer Chen Show Mao, party chairman Sylvia Lim, Pritam Singh and Abdul Faisal Manap.
The WP won the key GRC hotseat, beating the People's Action Party team by a clear margin of 54 percent to 45 percent of votes. Aljunied GRC comprised over 143,000 voters.
On Singapore politics, Yeo said: "Like it or not, we are entering a new phase in Singapore’s political development. How we (the Singapore government) respond to it will decide Singapore’s destiny in the 21st century," he said.
Yeo said he would help in whatever way he could to bring about this
transformation of the PAP.
"I wish I had a mandate from the people of Aljunied to be a strong advocate of such transformation. But I don’t," he said.
As for remaining in public life, Yeo said he would contribute in whatever modest way possible.
The 57-year-old Minister who has served Singaporeans over the last 23 years told a news conference that he would leave the important task to someone younger.
In last Saturday's GE, Yeo's team lost the battle in Aljunied GRC to the Workers' Party (WP) team, led by former Hougang MP Low Thia Kiang, top lawyer Chen Show Mao, party chairman Sylvia Lim, Pritam Singh and Abdul Faisal Manap.
The WP won the key GRC hotseat, beating the People's Action Party team by a clear margin of 54 percent to 45 percent of votes. Aljunied GRC comprised over 143,000 voters.
On Singapore politics, Yeo said: "Like it or not, we are entering a new phase in Singapore’s political development. How we (the Singapore government) respond to it will decide Singapore’s destiny in the 21st century," he said.
Yeo said he would help in whatever way he could to bring about this
transformation of the PAP.
"I wish I had a mandate from the people of Aljunied to be a strong advocate of such transformation. But I don’t," he said.
As for remaining in public life, Yeo said he would contribute in whatever modest way possible.
