Stroke Survivor Tipped to Lead Singapore Doubles Down on Trade

  • Heng Swee Keat sees open economy as key to Singapore’s success
  • Some analysts say the soft-spoken technocrat is too cautious
Heng Swee KeatPhotographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
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Singaporeans go to the polls next month ahead of the third change in prime minister in some six decades. And it’s all but certain to be a business-friendly technocrat known to work so hard he was back at his job three months after suffering a stroke in a cabinet meeting.