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Re: the invocation of Wong as seat-warmer, I am querious.

Who are Lee Hsien Loong’s children?

Hardly a squeak about them. As contrasted with that of his now-in-exile sibling.

Is there room for fiction? Is there room for a market of “expected the unexpectables: beyond confirmation biases and limiting beliefs -- ie alternate realities and plotlines in the metaverse?

Eg on what is the odds curve in prediction markets.

Of a parallel of the Deng Hsiao Ping zero to hero phenomenon?

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https://mothership.sg/2022/03/li-hongyi-zaobao-interview-best-people-to-work-in-the-government/

LHL's second son (first son with his second wife Ho Ching), Li Hongyi, is currently a director in GovTech, the Singapore Government's digital development agency. He's repeatedly claimed that he has no interest in entering politics, then again the future is unknown and we've plenty of examples in real life where children entered careers not of their own choosing but according to their parents' wishes.

Lee Hsien Loong has three other kids: one daughter and one son to his first wife who died three weeks after giving birth to the younger son, and one more younger son with Ho Ching. As far as anybody knows, these three are largely kept out of the public eye.

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Thanks heaps, Andy.

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Thowkay Mengaukay.

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Congrats Lawrence. Lets jam as well. You play the guitar and i do the bass😃

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I'm the author of the piece. Apart from John who is the editor of the site and hence anything that's published, nobody else has influence or input on my piece. I've not ghost written for anybody. It's my own choice deliberately to use "Hsien Loong" instead of "PM Lee" as part of my own personal policy of differentiating him from his estranged brother. Also because I have zero respect for him as a person or his office as PM. Not after what's happened to me.

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deletedNov 6, 2023·edited Nov 7, 2023
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It's always easier to govern and rule a small place than a big one? Considering that Singapore is smaller than Greater London within the boundaries of the M25?

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