The two contrasting personalities

 It may be slightly premature but not inappropriate to compare the two contrasting personalities who are ex-prime minister Lee Hsien Loong and current prime minister Lawrence Wong .Lee Hsien Loong is more grandiloquent while Lawrence Wong posssess more humility and appears a progressive iconoclast, not unlikely because of their different origins.

Lee Hsien Loong was more  glamorous. He showed a fleeting heroism in his cable-car rescue effort as an army officer but remained quite in the shadow of his father Lee Kuan Yew until he was appointed prime minister. He was anointed to succeed the woody Goh Chok Tong as prime minister in 2004 which did not surprise nor overexcite the public as it was expected. Lee Hsien Loong began his career promisingly but over the years  became quite banalised although he ne3ver ceased to adulate himself as in his farewell speech at the Mayday Rally. He still owes me a public apology for his father's defamation against me.

Ho Ching, his devoted and publicity-prone wife,  is or was a public figure in her own right. She became Head of Temasek Holdings under quite incomprehensible circumstances because whether ex-minister S. Dhanabalan's so-called neutral or non-preconceived argument, to support her as her sponsor to her appointment, it could not  have hoodwinked the public that there was no nepotism in her appointment. Her heyday seems to be fading and she is trying to fraternise Lawrence Wong wife to preserve her fading societal eminence.

Lawrence Wong quite an unknown figure before he became vice-chairman of the ninisterial task force to combat Covid19 epidemic. He showed that he was a cut above his colleagues in the task force and was appointed leader of the 4-G leadership. It was a natural progress that he was appointed prime  minister on 15 May 2024 and was sworn-in during which he gave a significant inaugural speeh which delighted and endeared him to the audience. He seems to transcend the image of Lee  Hsien Loong in his style of governance  both domestically and internationally. He is showing a good start and he has shown that he is a forward-looking prime minister and there is no reason to believe that he will not excel in his performance.

On the other hand Lee Hsien Loong is showing inadequacy both in attire and performance compared with Lawrence Wong and I think Lee is showing sign of defeatism and will find it hard to excel as a senior minister.