4G ministers (clockwise from top left) Chan Chun Sing, Ong Ye Kung, Lawrence Wong and Desmond Lee. - ST
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): With Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announcing on Thursday (April 8) that he will step aside from the helm of the People s Action Party s (PAP) fourth-generation leadership, four men have emerged as likely candidates to fill his shoes.
They are Chan Chun Sing, Ong Ye Kung, Lawrence Wong and Desmond Lee - with one of them possibly succeeding Lee Hsien Loong as Singapore s prime minister.
All four are full ministers in PM Lee s Cabinet, and were present at Thursday s (April 8) press conference on DPM Heng s decision. They are also key members of the PAP s 4G core and its central executive committee.
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