All good: Heng (left) showing ‘thumbs-up’ during a campaign walkabout in Bedok South. — AFP
FOR all the predictability of elections in Singapore, one result will be keenly watched when the city-state votes tomorrow as finance minister Heng Swee Keat must win an unsafe seat to show people he has what it takes to be a future leader.
Promoted last year to deputy prime minister, 59-year-old Heng is in line to succeed Lee Hsien Loong, as the son of Singapore’s modern founder Lee Kuan Yew has said he will step down in coming years.
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