Goh Chok Tong: Standing tall – or selling Singapore history short?

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In the second part of his two-volume memoirs, former PM Goh Chok Tong spoke about two persons close to him whose political careers had been a fascinating part of Singapore’s political history. His attempts to bring some light to some questions surroundin

f Singapore’s political history. His attempts to bring some light to some questions surrounding Ong Teng Cheong and Dr Tan Cheng Bock are hardly satisfactory. His memoirs – – represented the best opportunity for him to speak his mind on what happened, now that he is out of office for so long and in the twilight of his years. His words would have helped clear some of the toxic cobweb surrounding the fates of Ong and Dr Tan.

he had asked for the audit based on the principle that as an elected president, he was bound to protect the national reserves, and the only way of doing so would be to know what reserves the government ownedGoh said that Ong was probably deeply into too many details.

In short, Ong Teng Cheong was not asking for too many details. He was carrying out his presidential duties without fear or favour. Thanks to him, today, President Halimah Yacob has full knowledge of the exact amount of the reserves because such knowledge was obviously needed for her to approve the Covid-19 budgets of 2020/21.

 

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