SINGAPORE - Getting Singaporeans to trust him is an 'unending task', said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. 'But after many years, having been in the public eye for many years, people know you and they have seen you. They have seen your conduct, they have heard what you have said,' he said in an interview with broadcaster China Central Television...
Being in government for nearly 40 years now is “tremendously” intellectually stimulating, said PM Lee Hsien Loong in an interview with China Central Television.SINGAPORE - Getting Singaporeans to trust him is an "unending task", said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
"Look and see what happens in different situations. Are you there for them or not? Are you still reliable under pressure? Do you have a message and hope for them? And gradually, you can build up. It takes time." "I was not a rising star. I was a promising student," he told his interviewer, Ms Esther Zou, who replied that he was being modest.
"I decided that I had the responsibility to come back to Singapore, be part of Singapore, and do what I could to help the country to succeed," he said.It has been a very fulfilling life, said PM Lee, who joined politics in 1984 at the age of 32, becoming the MP for Teck Ghee.
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