4G leaders have to grow the trust built by predecessors: DPM Heng

Singapore

THE fourth-generation political leadership has to grow the "reservoir of trust" their predecessors have built, at a time when politics has become increasingly contested, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat.

"In a time of change, the PAP's approach to leadership must continue to be anchored on trust, unity and constructive politics," he told 300 party activists at the People's Action Party Policy Forum's 15th anniversary dinner on Wednesday night.

The forum was set up in 2004 to give rank-and-file party members a platform to engage government leaders on policy issues. Mr Heng had a closed-door dialogue with activists following the dinner.

In his address, the ruling party's first assistant secretary-general noted how trust between the PAP and the electorate was built over successive generations of PAP leaders, starting with…