SINGAPORE: Prominent economist Dr Yeoh Lam Keong has pointed out that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s wife, Ho Ching, has forgotten to mention him in her post celebrating the members of Hollywood star Michelle Yeoh’s family in Singapore.
Mdm Ho has been praising the actress since she became the first Asian to win the best actress award at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday (12 Mar). In one of many Facebook posts, she spoke about the successful Yeoh family of Ipoh and how they have made their mark in Singapore.
Dr Yeoh is Michelle Yeoh’s cousin but Mdm Ho missed mentioning him in her post, while she spoke of Ms Yeoh’s granduncle Dr Yeoh Ghim Seng, a former People’s Action Party (PAP) MP and Speaker of Parliament.
Pointing out that the Prime Minister’s wife has excluded him from her list of Michelle Yeoh’s relatives in Singapore, Dr Yeoh Lam Keong also said today (15 Mar) that Mdm Ho also mentioned that their family includes political activists but he is unsure who these individuals might be.
The conspicuous exclusion of the economist from Mdm Ho’s list has led some online users to ask whether the omission was merely a slip or something more intentional since Dr Yeoh has been critical of certain Government policies in the past.