We have a system of scouring the whole country for good leaders and we know more or less who are the leaders of each community. So we don’t quite see one coming, but it is an open system and it is possible one day to have an outstanding person to become the Prime Minister of Singapore, whatever his race is.

Goh Chok Tong

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