SM Goh eyes 'strong' Marine Parade leader as successor

• Clivebenss

  27 Mar 11, 12:14

  Mar 27, 2011 - Sunday Times

  By Teo Wan Gek

  AFTER 35 years of holding the ground at Marine Parade, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong is looking for a 'strong' new candidate he can groom to take over the helm of Marine Parade GRC.

  In a message posted on the Marine Parade PAP branch's Facebook page, he wrote: 'In this general election, I am planning for someone to succeed me in leading the GRC one day. I have asked the Prime Minister to send me a strong candidate who has the potential to be part of the fourth-generation core team.'

• Clivebenss

  27 Mar 11, 14:46

  Mr Lim said that his concerns were somewhat different. 'My question was, how are we going to help the younger generation feel a sense of belonging to Singapore? I don't think it's about integrating foreigners.'
  
  'This is your country,' SM Goh replied. 'What do you want me to do to make you feel you belong?'
  
  'For my part, don't worry about me,' Mr Lim said. 'I will definitely do something, if I can, for Singapore. But I can tell you honestly that the sentiment on the ground is a bit different.'
  
  'If that is prevalent among young people over here, we've got a real problem,' SM Goh said. 'If the majority feel they don't belong here, then we have a fundamental problem. Then I would ask myself: What am I doing here? Why should I be working for people who don't feel they belong over here?'

  SM Goh dun like working for those who feel that don't belong here.

  Out of touch.

  

   

• sir_peanuts

  27 Mar 11, 19:58

  ST says it's probably BG Tan Chuan Jin... a 4G minister?
• iveco

  28 Mar 11, 16:49

  Originally posted by sir_peanuts:

  ST says it’s probably BG Tan Chuan Jin…

  a 4G minister?

  
  Former 3 Guards CO?

• charlize

  28 Mar 11, 17:41

  SM stepping down?

• tranquilice

  29 Mar 11, 01:06

  Originally posted by charlize:

  SM stepping down?

  
  Only one of them is stepping down.

   

• likeyou

  29 Mar 11, 08:09

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  Mr Lim said that his concerns were somewhat different. 'My question was, how are we going to help the younger generation feel a sense of belonging to Singapore? I don't think it's about integrating foreigners.'
  
  'This is your country,' SM Goh replied. 'What do you want me to do to make you feel you belong?'
  
  'For my part, don't worry about me,' Mr Lim said. 'I will definitely do something, if I can, for Singapore. But I can tell you honestly that the sentiment on the ground is a bit different.'
  
  'If that is prevalent among young people over here, we've got a real problem,' SM Goh said. 'If the majority feel they don't belong here, then we have a fundamental problem. Then I would ask myself: What am I doing here? Why should I be working for people who don't feel they belong over here?'

  SM Goh dun like working for those who feel that don't belong here.

  Out of touch.

  

   

  
  Same like what my local typical manager told us during departmental meeting.

  When we throw in a problem, he throw back to us to solve it by yourself.

• Nelstar

  1 Apr 11, 15:45

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  What am I doing here? Why should I be working for people who don't feel they belong over here?'

  1. Doing nothing.

  2. Get paid ridiculous amount of pay by doing nothing.

  

• charlize

  1 Apr 11, 17:20

  Originally posted by iveco:

  
  Former 3 Guards CO?

  So when he means "strong" , it literally means strong as in athletic strong?