The following is from Times Online website:
Sir, Your article (“Singapore’s Temasek scraps plan to bring in Goodyear ”, July 22) claimed that Ms Ho Ching’s “status as both head of one of Singapore’s two sovereign wealth funds and wife of the Prime Minister symbolises for many the overly cosy nature of Singapore’s political and financial elite”.
This insinuation is totally unfounded. Ho Ching’s appointment as CEO of Temasek Holdings is not decided by the Prime Minister. It is the prerogative of the Temasek board of directors, which includes eminent local and foreign individuals, and makes its decisions purely based on merit. Furthermore, the appointment is subject to veto by the President of Singapore, acting in his discretion and not on the advice of the Government.
Michael Eng Cheng Teo
High Commissioner for the Republic of Singapore
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of course not! it’s decided by her husband!
of course the PM didn’t appoint her, he’s merely a puppethead. try the more superior father who refuses to take a pension but continues to be salaried
The PM did not appoint her , but the father-in-law annoitted her, the Father , Son and Holy GOH, all supported her anyway
Hello! You mean we really have a PRESIDENT! I did not know and by the way who is he?
Does he really have veto powers? From what i heard he always is agreeable to anything that is put before him or he wont get his huge yearly salary and i hve heard he is the highest paid politician in the universe!
And why waste taxpayers money on bodyguards for our ministers. Who on earth is going to waste time to shoot them. they will be wasting a precious bullet. We do have a recession I am told!