By Teo Wan Gek
SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong has gotten his wish of having a
strong candidate to understudy and succeed him in helming the
Marine Parade GRC team one day.
In a post on the Marine Parade PAP branch's Facebook page on
Tuesday, MParader, SM Goh said that the People's Action Party team
will usher in one of the two former military top brass - outgoing
army chief Major-General Chan Chun Sing, 41, and Brigadier-General
Tan Chuan Jin, 42, as a new candidate in Marine Parade GRC.
He also confirmed that fellow MP Dr Ong Seh Hong will be
retiring from politics.
The post read: 'The good-hearted doctor is selflessly stepping
down from Ubi for one of the two generals to understudy me.'
The Straits Times, quoting party sources, had earlier reported
that the likely new candidate is BG Tan and he will be introduced
to residents this weekend.
In a Facebook post last Saturday, SM Goh wrote that he had asked
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to send him a 'strong candidate who
has the potential to be part of the fourth-generation core
team.'
