The former Singapore Foreign Minister, going on 65, feels it’s ripe time to call it a day as the chairman and executive director of Kerry Logistics Network in June in order to “spend time with family and pursue other interests”.
News of him throwing the proverbial white career flag sparked heartland speculations over the weekend that Mr Yeo, who joined politics in 1988, when he represented the Aljunied GRC under the-then Kampong Kembangan division, may make a political comeback – either in the upcoming, yet-to-be-decided, GE 2019 or perhaps at a PE in the near future.
Tongues first started wagging when Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong announced in February that “George Yeo is back with the Aljunied Team…he is fighting fit”. It turned out to be a Lunar New Year teaser which crackled the hearts of many netizens.Veteran lawyer J. Jeyagopi, who serves as a senior branch activist at Nee Soon East, says: “He was one of our finest Foreign Ministers. He was an astute and forthright Minister and played a pivotal part in the-then Cabinet.
Rev Brother Michael Broughton, a school prefect-mate with Mr Yeo, who went on to be the former Deputy Principal at SJI at Malcolm Road and now Associate Vice Chancellor for Lasallian Mission at De La Salle University, Manila, says matter-of-factly: “George is a President’s Scholar and a SAF Scholar, so he may consider a political comeback if the political scene is right.”
The Managing Director of Dodwell & Co LLC says: “My first thought was he might run for the presidency and he would have my vote as he would be an excellent choice as he has the stature, experience, personality and gravitas to carry that role with the dignity and respect it commands.
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