Singapore’s finance minister, who is regarded as a
potential future premier, collapsed during a cabinet meeting Thursday
due to a stroke, the country’s prime minister said.
Heng Swee Keat, 54, was rushed to hospital where doctors were attending to him, Lee Hsien Loong said in a Facebook post.
“The doctors in Cabinet (we have three) attended to him
immediately. We called an ambulance, which took him to TTSH,” he added,
referring to the government-run Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
“A CT scan showed that he had had a stroke. Hope Swee Keat will be alright — he is a valuable member of my team.”
Heng, who formerly headed the education ministry, is among
the younger cabinet ministers speculated by analysts and the media who
can succeed Lee.
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