Earlier this month, former Cabinet minister George Yeo announced that he was going to be a character reference for presidential hopeful Ng Kok Song in a Facebook post. During a recent interview with CNA and Today, the 68-year-old shared an interesting anecdote between his son and Ng, when the former GIC chief investment officer went to his house. Yeo was...
Earlier this month, former Cabinet minister George Yeo announced that he was going to be a character reference for presidential hopeful Ng Kok Song in a Facebook post.interesting anecdote between his son and NgYeo was speaking to the media about the launch of the third volume of his book series, George Yeo: Musings.
Yeo's son, who was leaving the house then, spotted Ng's car and mistook it for his private-hire ride. He then opened the back door of Ng's vehicle and asked, "GrabTaxi?"After clearing up the misunderstanding, Yeo said that Ng wanted to meet to ask for his support in the Presidential Election. Despite agreeing that Ng possessed "all the qualities" of a good President, Yeo pointed out that another presidential hopeful — former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam — was an old colleague of his.
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