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4 out of the top 7 leaders in Singapore are Hakkas

To: <fhakka@asiawind.com>
Subject: 4 out of the top 7 leaders in Singapore are Hakkas
From: "Dixie" <kweehwa@mbox3.singnet.com.sg>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 23:58:18 +0800
Reply-To: <@singnet.com.ofcmail>

Hakkas in other parts of the world might like to know that 4 out of the top
7 leaders in Singapore are Hakkas:-

Senior Minister - Lee Kuan Yew (Hakka)
President - Ong Teng Cheong
Prime Minister - Goh Chok Tong
1st Deputy Prime Minister - Brigadier-General Lee Hsien Loong (Hakka)
2nd Deputy Prime Minister - Dr Tony Tan
Finance Minister - Dr Richard Hu (Hakka)
Chief Justice - Yong Pang How (Hakka)

Hakkas constitute less than 6% of Singapore's 3.3 million population (76%
are Chinese).

- Dixie

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