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Newly appointed DPM and PM-in-waiting Heng Swee Keat says that he is contemplating whether or not Singapore should continue with the very "constructive politics" that have been employed for the past 50 years. He also said that global and tech savvy Singaporeans represents the way forward and that the government will do well to harness these talent in order to move Singapore forward into the future.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who recently promoted Heng Swee Keat to the role of Deputy Prime Minister, has said that Heng will now take on more political responsibility and play an important role in the next General Election.

Heng Swee Keat has gone on record as openly saying that Singaporeans are not ready to accept a minority raced candidate as their Prime Minister. This, despite 53 years of nation building, emphasizing the point that Singapore is a multi-racial society. And despite the fact that it was Heng's own party who decided a Malay President should be at the forefront of Singapore itself.

Do you think our healthcare funding will improve with the increase in healthcare spending next time?

But investments and social spending are costly, and the Government must make sure it can afford them, he said. Speaking to about 2,000 activists at the PAP convention, Mr Lee said that while Singapore has enough revenue for this term of Government, spending has been going up and must rise further. And as Singapore’s spending needs grow, he stressed that Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat was right when he said that raising taxes is not a matter of whether, but when.

Our reader notes that Mr Tan Chuan-Jin, who has been nominated at Singapore's 10th Speaker, will thus be out of the running to be our next PM. This leaves us with Heng Swee Keat, Lawrence Wong, Ng Chee Meng, Chan Chun Sing and Ong Ye Kung. He thinks this is all very well-planned and calculated.

In his ministerial statement today in parliament, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong continued to address the accusations leveled against him and his government.

When finance minister Mr Heng Swee Kiat went to deliver the budget speech in Parliament, many people were relieved to know that the minister has finally recovered from his horrible stroke and ready to serve the country again. But the welcoming relief soon turned to shock as the minister drops a bombshell by announcing a 30% price hike in our water pricing.

Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat, widely rumoured to be in the running for the prime minister position before suffer a stroke in May, has returned to office.

It has been almost one month since Minister Heng underwent surgery at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital on 12 May. The government has continued to give Singaporeans the impression that all is well with Minister Heng when all is not: he has been in ICU for 27 days. The ICU is a ward which “cares for critically ill patients with complex and life-threatening medical conditions”. What the people need to know, and the PAP is obligated to disclose, is Heng’s real condition