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Heng answered: “My own experience in walking the ground, in working with different people from all walks of life, is that the views — if you go by age and by life experience — would be very different, I do think that at the right time, when enough people think that we may have a minority leader, a minority who becomes the leader of the country, that is something that we can all hope for.”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Older generation of S'poreans not ready for non-Chinese PM: Heng Swee Keat |url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/older-generation-singaporeans-not-ready-non-chinese-pm-heng-swee-keat |website=TODAY |language=en |access-date=2022-09-21 |archive-date=2020-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705172517/https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/older-generation-singaporeans-not-ready-non-chinese-pm-heng-swee-keat |dead-url=no }}</ref>
Heng answered: “My own experience in walking the ground, in working with different people from all walks of life, is that the views — if you go by age and by life experience — would be very different, I do think that at the right time, when enough people think that we may have a minority leader, a minority who becomes the leader of the country, that is something that we can all hope for.”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Older generation of S'poreans not ready for non-Chinese PM: Heng Swee Keat |url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/older-generation-singaporeans-not-ready-non-chinese-pm-heng-swee-keat |website=TODAY |language=en |access-date=2022-09-21 |archive-date=2020-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705172517/https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/older-generation-singaporeans-not-ready-non-chinese-pm-heng-swee-keat |dead-url=no }}</ref>


The police released a statement on 7 July 2020, stating that they had consulted the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) and claimed that Heng's remarks had no intent to wound anyone's racial feelings or promote enmity between different races.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Police confirm reports made against DPM Heng over comments at NTU forum, but no offence found |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/heng-swee-keat-police-reports-ntu-forum-946751 |website=CNA |language=en |access-date=2022-09-21 |archive-date=2022-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922091058/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/heng-swee-keat-police-reports-ntu-forum-946751 |dead-url=no }}</ref>
The police released a statement on 7 July 2020, confirmed that police report were made against Heng over his remarks, and stating that they had consulted the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) and claimed that Heng's remarks had no intent to wound anyone's racial feelings or promote enmity between different races.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Police confirm reports made against DPM Heng over comments at NTU forum, but no offence found |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/heng-swee-keat-police-reports-ntu-forum-946751 |website=CNA |language=en |access-date=2022-09-21 |archive-date=2022-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922091058/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/heng-swee-keat-police-reports-ntu-forum-946751 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/agc-says-no-offence-was-committed-following-police-reports-lodged-against-paps-heng-swee</ref>


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Heng Swee Keat
Other names 王瑞杰
Heng Swee Keat.jpg
Born 15 April 1961
State of Singapore
Occupation Politician
Political party People's Action Party

Heng Swee Keat is a People's Action Party (PAP) member, and one of the MP representing East Coast GRC at the time.

Controversy

Racial discrimination controversy

attended a forum at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) on 28 March 2019. An Assistant Professor, Walid Jumblatt Abdullah, asked: “Is it Singapore who is not ready for a non-Chinese prime minister, or is it the PAP (the ruling People’s Action Party) who is not ready for a non-Chinese prime minister?” Heng answered: “My own experience in walking the ground, in working with different people from all walks of life, is that the views — if you go by age and by life experience — would be very different, I do think that at the right time, when enough people think that we may have a minority leader, a minority who becomes the leader of the country, that is something that we can all hope for.”[1]

The police released a statement on 7 July 2020, confirmed that police report were made against Heng over his remarks, and stating that they had consulted the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) and claimed that Heng's remarks had no intent to wound anyone's racial feelings or promote enmity between different races.[2][3]

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