Did LHL admit his cabinet not very competent, successor NOT in current one?

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An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:

Q: You mentioned just now that it is difficult to find a candidate, but it is even more difficult to find your successor? And you have said that the next successor will face greater challenges, so what qualities do you think your successor should have?

PM: In principle it will be ideal if our successors are better than us, because every generation should be better than the previous generation, so Singapore achieves prosperity and progress. The work will become harder, because the problems become more complex than before, and the challenges will not be lessened.

So we hope to have an experienced leader - someone who can withstand the test and be able to secure the support of the people; someone who will stand out from our team.

This takes time, but my successor will not have as long a time to prepare as I did. I had 20 years to prepare. Twenty years later, I will be very old if I am still around, so he does not have such a long time. So this is a different situation, and we need to find an able leader.

Q: Is your future successor currently in the Cabinet? Because you have said you want to hand over before you are 70 years old, so is it also likely that you hand over to your successor mid-way in the next term, so you have to give him a little time to prepare?

PM: Yes, he may already be in the Cabinet, but it is not entirely certain, because I will bring in some MPs and some new people with leadership calibre in the next General Election. Therefore, we should be able to find a successor between this election, the previous election and the next election.

Q: You said your successor could be someone only coming in at the next GE. This person will not have much time to work with the Cabinet.

PM: It need not be a stranger.

Q: So it will be someone we know?

PM:That's possible.


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