SINGAPORE: 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.
“We were having our weekly cabinet meeting just now when Heng Swee Keat suddenly collapsed,” Lee said.
“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. --AFP