Swee Say endorses Chan Chun Sing as the best man for labour chief job

He says new NTUC sec-gen has the right qualities, and his relatively short stint as member of the labour movement not an issue

Lee U-Wen

Published Mon, Apr 27, 2015 · 09:50 PM

NTUC

Singapore

WHEN Chan Chun Sing reports for work at the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) next Monday as its new secretary-general, he would have only just passed his 100th day as a member of the labour movement.

The man he is replacing, Lim Swee Say, doesn't think that the relatively short runway is consequential, and that what matters more is that Mr Chan ticks all the right boxes on the list of attributes that the NTUC wants to see in its next leader.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Mr Lim was responding to a question on whether union leaders and workers have had enough time to warm up to Mr Chan so far, ahead of the upcoming leadership transition.

It was back on Jan 23 when the surprising news came that Mr Chan, who was then Social and Family Development minister, …