If crisis persists, PM Lee should consider staying on to lead PAP at next GE: Jayakumar
In his latest book Governing: A Singapore Perspective, Prof Jayakumar wrote "however capable the 4G (fourth-generation) leaders, we should not change horses in midstream"
Singapore
FORMER senior minister S Jayakumar is glad that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has given himself flexibility on when he will hand over the reins to his successor, given the uncertainty of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on Singapore.
In his latest book Governing: A Singapore Perspective, which was launched on Friday, the 81-year-old pro-chancellor of the National University of Singapore wrote: "In my view, however capable the 4G (fourth-generation) leaders, we should not change horses in midstream."
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