PM Wong named secretary-general of PAP

PRIME Minister Lawrence Wong has been named the new secretary-general of the People’s Action Party, succeeding Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Desmond Choo, Lam Pin Min, Ng Chee Meng and Sim Ann were additional members co-opted on Dec 4.

The party’s Central Executive Committee also elected the following office holders:

• Chairman: Heng Swee Keat
• Vice-chairman: Masagos Zulkifli
• Secretary-general: Lawrence Wong
• Assistant secretaries-general: Chan Chun Sing, Desmond Lee
• Treasurer: K Shanmugam
• Assistant treasurer: Ong Ye Kung
• Organising secretaries: Grace Fu, Edwin Tong
• Members: Chee Hong Tat, Desmond Choo, Indranee Rajah, Lam Pin Min, Lee Hsien Loong, Ng Chee Meng, Sim Ann, Tan See Leng, Vivian Balakrishnan

Observers had expected Mr Ng to be co-opted at the CEC’s first meeting, given the traditional symbiotic relationship between the labour movement and the PAP. Mr Ng is NTUC’s secretary-general. THE STRAITS TIMES