SINGAPORE: Less than three weeks after the General Election where the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) won a resounding victory, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced his first full Cabinet lineup on Wednesday (May 21).

The new Cabinet marks a significant reshuffle that includes three coordinating ministers and confirms Mr Gan Kim Yong as the sole deputy prime minister. It also features 15 full ministers and two acting ministers across the Prime Minister’s Office and 16 ministries.

This is the first complete team formed under Mr Wong since he succeeded Mr Lee Hsien Loong last year.

Mr Wong, who remains the finance minister, also appointed nine new political office holders, drawn from the backbench and among first-term MPs – a number he described as “one of the highest in recent history”.

Mr Wong said he has “a solid team behind me”, highlighting that he has four senior leaders, comprising one deputy and three…

29-year-old Vivian Balakrishnan, a former student activist, debated with newly elected PAP MP K. Shanmugam on Lee Kuan Yew’s remarks that questioned the loyalty of Malay Singaporeans.

Fast forward to 0:13 to hear Vivi's insult, someone later further says: "must have been a lousy school."