Lee Kuan Yew suggested Wei Ling be a PAP candidate: ESM Goh

While it is often perceived (rightly or wrongly) that the late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew introduced his son Hsien Loong into political life, Goh Chok Tong said that the eldest Lee had in fact recommended that his daughter Wei Ling be a political candidate.

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In this regard, Singapore's first prime minister recommended his daughter's candidacy. "He said Wei Ling would make a very good MP," Goh recalled in the book.

This was due to his "very strong compassion for the dueling" and his "very strong sense of justice," said the late 77-year-old Lee. Finally, after probing George Yeo – who became Foreign Minister – and political neophyte Hsien Loong, Goh decided not to do so.

"(Hsien Loong) did not think she was fit and he was absolutely right," said Goh, Singapore's prime minister from 1990 to 2004.

So, how did Goh respond to Elder Lee? "I never answered him. I just went, mmm, mmm … Then I stayed silent and Lee Kuan Yew also remained silent, "he wrote.

Goh also claimed in the book that it was him, not Lee Kuan Yew, who had recruited the current prime minister in political life. "Lee Kuan Yew never suggested Hsien Loong. I brought it. "

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