SINGAPORE — A total of 63.15% of students who sat for this year’s General Election Advanced Level Examination scoring Straight As, beating 2011’s results (48 per cent), 2015 been the highest in 10 years. Of the 19 Cabinet Ministers who attempt the examination, only 6 scored Bs and below, with one Student Tuck Yew declining to take the examination.
Streaming & Promotion To Be Announced by Class Monitor, Mr Lee Hsien Loong
The Top 10 students are expected to advance into the Express Stream holding key cabinet positions with the remaining students are expected to be reviewed for normal stream responsibilities. The last in class is expected to be stream into Normal (Technical) Stream or asked to consider Private Education as an alternative.
Singapore's Cabinet Ministers Report Card for GE 2015
TOP STUDENT AWARDS (A1: 75.00 - 100.00)
NO TUITION REQUIRED
First in Class
Mr Tharman SHANMUGARATNAM
JURONG FIVE-MEMBER GRC | 79.28%
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance
Second in Class
Mr LEE Hsien Loong
ANG MO KIO SIX-MEMBER GRC 78.63%
Prime Minister
Joint Third Place
Mr LIM Hng Kiang
WEST COAST FOUR-MEMBER GRC 78.57%
Minister for Trade and Industry
Joint Third Place
Mr S Iswaran
WEST COAST FOUR-MEMBER GRC 78.57%
Minister, Prime Minister's Office and
Second Minister for Home Affairs and
Second Minister for Trade and Industry
Mr CHAN Chun Sing
TANJONG PAGAR FIVE-MEMBER GRC 77.71%
Minister, Prime Minister's Office
Mr GAN Kim Yong
CHUA CHU KANG FOUR-MEMBER GRC 76.89%
Minister for Health
A2 STUDENTS (Band II) 70.00 - 74.99
RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTARY CLASS @ LEARNING LAB
Dr NG Eng Hen
BISHAN-TOA PAYOH FIVE-MEMBER GRC 73.59%
Minister for Defence
Ms Grace FU Hai Yien
YUHUA SMC 73.54%
Minister, Prime Minister's Office and
Second Minister for the Environment and Water Resources and
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs
Mr TEO Chee Hean
PASIR RIS-PUNGGOL SIX-MEMBER GRC 72.89%
Deputy Prime Minister and
Coordinating Minister for National Security and
Minister for Home Affairs
Mr KHAW Boon Wan
SEMBAWANG FIVE-MEMBER GRC 72.28%
Minister for National Development
Mr HENG Swee Keat
TAMPINES FIVE-MEMBER GRC 72.06%
Minister for Education
Mr MASAGOS Zulkifli
TAMPINES FIVE-MEMBER GRC 72.06%
Minister, Prime Minister's Office and
Second Minister for Home Affairs and
Second Minister for Foreign Affairs
B3 Students (BAND III) 65.00 - 69.99
REMEDIAL CLASS REQUIRED
Mr Lawrence WONG
MARSILING-YEW TEE FOUR-MEMBER GRC 68.73%
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and
Second Minister for Communications and Information
Dr YAACOB Ibrahim
JALAN BESAR FOUR-MEMBER GRC 67.73%
Minister for Communications and Information
Mr K Shanmugam
NEE SOON FIVE-MEMBER GRC 66.83%
Minister for Foreign Affairs and
Minister for Law
Dr Vivian BALAKRISHNAN
HOLLAND-BUKIT TIMAH FOUR-MEMBER GRC 66.62%
Minister for the Environment and Water Resources
B4 STUDENTS ( BAND IV) 60.00 - 64.99
COMPULSORY EARLY INTERVENTION INCLUDING STRATEGIES FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING & READING (STELLAR)
Mr TAN Chuan-Jin
MARINE PARADE FIVE-MEMBER GRC 64.07%
Minister for Social and Family Development
LAST IN CLASS ( BAND V)
IMMEDIATE REQUEST TO MEET PARENTS FOR CONSIDERATION TO EXPLORE JOINING TUCK YEW IN PRIVATE EDUCATION
Mr LIM Swee Say
EAST COAST FOUR-MEMBER GRC 60.73%
Minister for Manpower
Mr LUI Tuck Yew
Did Not Attempt Examination
Minister for Transport and
Second Minister for Defence
GE 2015 Grading System
A1 75.00 - 100.00
A2 70.00 - 74.99
B3 65.00 - 69.99
B4 60.00 - 64.99
C5 55.00 - 59.99
C6 50.00 - 54.99
D7 45.00 - 49.99
E8 40.00 - 44.99
High Risk Ministers
The Rising Stars - Generation 4 Leaders
Future Deputy PM Candidate
Lieutenant-General Ng chaired the organising committee for the state funeral of Singapore's first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, from 23–29 March. He also led the first round of the vigil guard who stood guard during Lee's lying in state in Parliament House from 25–28 March.
Mr Ong Ye Kun - Former Principal Private Secretary to PM Lee
Future PM Candidate
Future PM Candidate
Ong Ye Kung (15 November 1969) is the Director of Group Strategy at Keppel Corporation in Singapore. He previous roles includes Deputy Secretary-General of NTUC and the Chief Executive Officer of WDA Singapore and Principal Private Secretary to Singapore's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong. Ong stood as a candidate for Singapore's governing People's Action Party (PAP) at the 2011 general election in the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency, but failed to win election when the PAP's team in the constituency was defeated by the team from the opposition Workers' Party.
Despite the defeat, he said that the experience had been a privilege as he had fought alongside George Yeo, who he was honoured to learn from. While admitting that the results were a blow, he commented that politics is never about the power, but the motivation to serve the people.
Despite the defeat, he said that the experience had been a privilege as he had fought alongside George Yeo, who he was honoured to learn from. While admitting that the results were a blow, he commented that politics is never about the power, but the motivation to serve the people.
Mr Chee Hong Tat - Former Principal Private Secretary to MM Lee
Future Minister of Trade and Industry
Future Minister of Trade and Industry
Mr Chee Hong Tat studied at the University of California at Berkeley on an Overseas Merit Scholarship, and graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science (Highest Honours) in Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences and a Bachelor of Arts (Highest Honours) in Economics.
He obtained a Masters of Business Administration from Adelaide University and was awarded the Newmont Australia Prize for Most Outstanding MBA Graduate. Mr Chee joined the Administrative Service in 1998 and worked in various ministries, including Home Affairs, Finance, Transport and Education before becoming the Principal Private Secretary to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew from 2008 to 2011. Mr Chee was appointed Chief Executive at the Energy Market Authority and 2nd Permanent Secretary at Ministry for Trade and Industry
He obtained a Masters of Business Administration from Adelaide University and was awarded the Newmont Australia Prize for Most Outstanding MBA Graduate. Mr Chee joined the Administrative Service in 1998 and worked in various ministries, including Home Affairs, Finance, Transport and Education before becoming the Principal Private Secretary to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew from 2008 to 2011. Mr Chee was appointed Chief Executive at the Energy Market Authority and 2nd Permanent Secretary at Ministry for Trade and Industry
Mr Melvin Yong - Former Assistant Commissioner of Singapore Police Force
Future Minister of Home Affairs
Future Minister of Home Affairs
Mr Melvin Yong is the first Senior Ranked police officer to trade his blue uniform for the party's white garb since Singapore's independence. He has held key appointments such as deputy director for Planning & Organisation as well as director for Administration & Finance. He was also concurrently deputy director for Operations between November 2013 and June last year.
Hot Potato Posting - Minister of Transport
Whilst 2nd Minister of Transport, Ms Josephine Teo is widely expected to take on the hot position of Minister of Transport, Mr Ong Ye Kun might be the dark horse for this position, by taking on this position of high public visibility, it might be the baptism of fire for Mr Ong to prove his mettle as a potential PM candidate.
About Singapore's Cabinet
The Cabinet is responsible for all government policies and the day-to-day administration of the affairs of the state. It comprises the Prime Minister and other Ministers and is collectively responsible to the Parliament. The Cabinet is led by the Prime Minister, who is appointed by the President, as the Member of Parliament who commands the confidence of the majority of the Members of Parliament.
The Cabinet is responsible for all government policies and the day-to-day administration of the affairs of state. It is responsible collectively to Parliament, and comprises the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers, and the ministers in charge of the ministries of Communications and Information, Culture, Community and Youth, Defence, Education, the Environment and Water Resources, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Health, Home Affairs, Law, Manpower, National Development, Social and Family Development, Trade and Industry, and Transport.
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