(From left) MPs Christopher de Souza and Sitoh Yih Pin, Ministers in the Prime Minister’s Office Maliki Osman and Indranee Rajah, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Sustainability and the Environment Minister Grace Fu and Education Minister Lawrence Wong in a 2018 photo. - ST FILE
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Two-and-a-half years after Singapore's fourth-generation (4G) ministers named him their leader, and just under two years since he was named Deputy Prime Minister in preparation for the top job, Heng Swee Keat has decided to step aside.
The announcement shocked - and saddened - many Singaporeans on Thursday (April 8), as it did his ministerial colleagues who heard the news for the first time at a meeting on Wednesday (April 7) afternoon.
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