By Mustafa Shafawi | Posted: 31 March 2011 1430 hrs
SINGAPORE: Senior Minister of State for Law and Home
Affairs, Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee announced he will be
retiring from politics at the end of this term.
In a statement to the media, he said he would have completed four
terms by then.
Associate Professor Ho said it has been a very fulfilling and
satisfying time for him, both on the ground in Nee Soon East as
well as in the many offices he has held.
He said he informed the Prime Minister that he would like to retire
from politics some time last year.
And he said he is glad that the Prime Minister has agreed.
While he has no intentions to become a missionary after leaving
politics, Associate Professor Ho said he would certainly be more
active in Church as an elder.
He does not intend to return to teach full-time at the NUS Law
Faculty, but hope to do some part-time teaching there.
Associate Professor Ho said he would also continue to support
important causes like promoting sports, nurturing voluntarism and
helping youths to realise their potential, all of which he said he
had espoused consistently all these 20 years in public
service.
- CNA
