New broom and sweep well

 The 4-G leadership had never captured the imagination of the Singapore public. But Lawrence Wong,  as vice-chairman of the ministerial task force to combat Covid 19 epidemic, had shown he was a cut above the others in  his group in his performance. So it did not really come as a surprise when he was abnointed the leader of 4-G and eventually to succeed Lee Hsien Loong as the 4th prime minister.of Singapore.

After becoming leader of the 4-G he went round preaching his political philosophy of how he was going to bring Singapore forward when he became prime minister. I think tt went down well with the public, only that seemed to have a big mouth and rants like a Maoist priest chantng to the devils. But he scored his marks and was sworn in as a prime minister before a mammoth audience and made the most significant inauguration speech to the delight of the audience which Lee Hsien Loong may take to heart. PM Lawrence Wong had shown that he was not all that disoriented in his first days of office which shows that he has great promises in his in his role as prime minister of Singapore. We can only see this when Singapore is in crisis and PM Lawrence Wong can show that he has competent ability to overcome the crisis not by playing guitar.

Lee Hsien Loong seems to be fitting nicely into his new role as senior minister. Although it is a relegation but he does  not show it .But how useful he can be as an SM will only be known after he has shown his competence, if any. Senior minister is really a sinecure drawing a substantial salary. SM Teo Chee Hean, with due respect, is a typical example. Most  of the time he is semi-nivisioble, maybe on some clandestine operation.  Occasionally he comes out to utter some crap like the recent diarrhoea he displayed  in the so-called distinguished service of Lee Hsien Loong as  PM and his uncomplimentary comment on the hostile relationship of Lee Hsien Loong with his siblings.

Ho Ching, the pompous spouse of Lee Hsien Loong, is not to be left behind in preserving their fading societal eminence, since she is no longer a PM's spouse.. She is seen to be fraternising with Lawrence's wife as one ploy to achieve her aim. Lawrence Wong's wife's look and ingenuity is nt something that Ho Ching can hold a candle to. So the next best thing is to suck up.