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It must be hard for Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat to announce that he is not going to be Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s successor. At GE2020, Singaporeans were as surprised as Heng on Nomination Day when he was moved from Tampines GRC to East Coast GRC. By then, it was clear to him that his days in People’s Action... 

Forget the announcement on Heng Swee Keat giving up on his chance of becoming our next Prime Minister. It was a big 'wayang' on TV, and the official press release can't be any better. Use any metaphor you wish – thrown under the bus, the night of the long knives... It didn't happen last night, or last week. The first stab... 

The internet and online chatters went abuzz yesterday evening as though something very major like a General Election was taking place, except that it was not! It was instead, a defeatist announcement being made of an embattled DPM removing himself from the line to succeed the PM. What came as a surprise to many, is actually...