On May 15, 2024, the 72-year-old Lee Hsien Loong officially stepped down from the post of Singapore's prime minister and handed over the baton to the 51-year-old deputy prime minister and finance minister Lawrence Wong, and the swearing-in ceremony was held at the presidential palace. At the same time, Lee Hsien Loong was sworn in as Senior Minister of State and continued to serve in Singapore's Cabinet.
As early as half a year ago, I saw Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's imminent resignation TV speech from the Internet, and this year's May Day, I saw his speech again, and choked up several times, he reviewed the service that he has done for the development of Singapore for more than 20 years, from politics and economy to diplomacy, and at the same time looked forward to Singapore's position in the future world pattern. At the venue, people stood up from their seats many times and burst into warm applause.
The change of national leadership is an important moment in any country, but this time Singapore's prime minister handed over the baton very low-key, only reported by "Lianhe Zaobao", and other aspects are so calm.
Lee Hsien Loong, the eldest son of Singapore's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, grew up with his father's statesmanship. He graduated from Cambridge in England with the dream of serving Singapore "all his life as an adult". The public has a very high opinion of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is politically sound, has a unique vision, is smart and wise, has a moderate degree of diplomacy, is close to the people and government, pragmatic and enterprising, and has a sense of humor and elegance.
He said that a country must maintain political stability and build racial harmony and unity in order to do what it wants to do and support the vigorous development of the social economy. In terms of relations with China, we have always maintained cordiality and friendship, and jointly promoted the construction and development of Singapore's Suzhou Industrial Park and Tianjin Eco-City, as well as cooperated with Chongqing. He is a strong advocate of Chinese education in Singapore and the transmission of Chinese cultural traditions, and has visited China 14 times during his tenure. In the fight against SARS and the impact of the global financial crisis in 2008, he used his national reserves for the first time to help Singapore gradually recover its economy. In terms of the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic, the anti-epidemic strategy was adjusted in a timely manner, which ensured that the health and living standards of the people were not affected, and promoted economic development. He is also a photography enthusiast and often shares his work among the public and on social media.
In 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un chose to meet in Singapore, making this small island country located in the Asia-Pacific region the focus of global diplomacy, attracting countless attention.
May 16, 2024
Introduction to Jinong
Jinong, pen name Qu Chen, born in Xi'an in 1953, graduated from high school in 1970, went to Ziyang, Shaanxi Province to participate in the construction of the Xiangyu Railway, and was assigned to the third company of the students of the Sixth Regiment of the Second Division of the Railway Corps, and was assigned to the Shaanxi Provincial Long-distance Telecommunications Line Bureau after exiting, and was transferred to the Xi'an Municipal Price Bureau in 1989, and successively served as the section chief, deputy director and director of the Price Reporting Center of the Price Inspection Bureau. During this period, he was awarded the title of Top Ten People's Servants, Municipal Model Worker and Outstanding Party Member of Xi'an by the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, and retired in 2013.
I love writing and photography, and many of my essays have been published in "Chang'an Lookout", "Qinchuan Culture", "Old Things in Xi'an" and online magazines, and many of my photographic works have won awards at film festivals.
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