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Covid-19 crisis, safeguarding reserves, flying the S’pore flag: President Halimah reflects on her term
During her term, she gave her assent to 11 Budgets, and concurred to five drawdowns on the past reserves.He wanted to give Tan Chuan-Jin and Cheng Li Hui a softer exit to protect their families, said PM Lee in his ministerial statement on Wednesday.These included specific questions such as why Mr Iswaran’s salary was cut to $8,500, instead of him being put on no-pay leave.He cited the Ridout Road saga, Iswaran’s arrest and the use of TraceTogether data for criminal investigations.
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