Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong and DPM Lawrence Wong at a press conference announcing the new Cabinet line-up on May 13.
It was Mr Gan – who retains his position as Minister for Trade and Industry – who picked Mr Wong as co-chair of the multi-ministry task force on Covid-19, to direct the whole-of-government response to the coronavirus outbreak. As Cabinet colleagues and co-chairs of the Covid-19 taskforce, Mr Gan recognised Mr Wong’s strong leadership, particularly in the midst of crisis, he said.Mr Heng said he particularly appreciated Mr Wong’s support during the pandemic, especially in 2020, when the Finance Ministry rolled out five government budgets in a year.
“There’s a lot of work that we will need to do, and both Kim Yong and I will give our support to our incoming Prime Minister Lawrence to bring Singapore together to work on these various critical issues facing the country,” he said.With the latest Cabinet reshuffle, Mr Heng will no longer be coordinating minister for economic policies.
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