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fyi Date: Thursday, 7 April, 2011, 4:53 PM Educational and job experience may matter but who has the old man as father, and that is the key allow one to open the political door first? VERY INTERESTING TIME IN THE FORTH COMING GENERAL ELECTION OF SINGAPORE Well qualified singaporean coming up in the Opposition. Hope there will be more to come in future. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lee Hsien Loong The Credential of the highest paid leader in the world - LHL. He studied mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge University, where he graduated in 1974 with First Class Honours in Mathematics and a Diploma in Computer Science (with distinction). He subsequently obtained a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in 1980. Lee joined the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in 1971 and rose quickly through the ranks becoming the youngest Brigadier General in Singapore's history. ** His promortion in the military is like the bungee jumping at Clarke Quay. VS Show-Mao Chen (Potential WP candidate) (Question: why pap fails to attract people like ChanSM to join the part?? CSM, if for nothing else, is well qualified and established, most likely not a whiner and not going into politics for the money/prestige/life-pension given his achievements in life/career so far, he's seen first hand how other countries are governed. For every CSM in the open, there are at least another 10 equally capable potential candiates yet to step forward.... spore does have the talent pool for multi- or at least 2- party system to carry the country into the next 50 years and beyond. Is everything alright with miw?? Failure to attract and groom future leaders is a major letting-down to the people who voted them into power in past GEs, if the same party insists of holding the power despite mounting unsolved problems and continued creation of 'mess'.) Mr Chen graduated in 1986 from Harvard College and in 1988 from Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar (International scholarship, recipients include Bill Clinton, Edward de Bono etc.). In 1992 he received his J.D. from Stanford Law School and in 2005 received his M.A. from Corpus Christi College, Oxford University. Mr Chen has extensive experience in international securities offerings and M&A transactions. He advised the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) on its recent $21 billion initial public offering, which is the largest IPO ever, and the first global offering that involved a concurrent listing in China. He also advised ICBC on the $3.8 billion strategic investment in the bank by a consortium comprising Goldman Sachs, American Express and Allianz, which is the largest-ever investment in a Chinese financial institution. He advised China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) on its proposed $19 billion acquisition of Unocal, which is the largest-ever attempted takeover by a Chinese company. He completed the global initial public offerings of Air China, China Construction Bank, Sinopec, China Unicom, Chalco, Baidu.com and others, as well as offerings of sovereign debt by the Ministry of Finance of the People