'At first, I was not keen': Gan Kim Yong recalls when he was offered DPM role
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Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong has been in politics for more than two decades, serving various portfolios from Manpower to Health. But the 65-year-old revealed that he was a bundle of nerves before accepting his latest role in Prime Minister Lawrence Won'At first, I was not keen': Gan Kim Yong recalls when he was offered DPM role
Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong has been in politics for more than two decades, serving various portfolios from Manpower to Health. But the 65-year-old revealed that he was a bundle of nerves before accepting his latest role in Prime Minister Lawrence Wong's Cabinet. Speaking to actress Joanne Peh in her A Conversation with Minister series on Thursday (Nov 21), Gan recalled then-DPM Wong asking to speak with him in his office. «I asked myself, 'Did I do something wrong?'» said Gan in the YouTube video that was shared on the 8World channel, causing Peh to break out in laughter. «It feels like you are being called into your boss' office,» she quipped. Gan said that Wong then asked him to be DPM, on top of being Minister for Trade and Industry, to mentor the newer crop of ministers. A Member of Parliament for Choa Chu Kang GRC since the 2011 General Election, Gan was previously the Minister of Health and Manpower Minister. Together with Wong, he was also co-chair of a multi-ministerial taskforce from 2020 to 2023 which directed and coordinated Singapore's response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more
