With concerns mounting that Singapore could suffer collateral damage if an international trade war erupts, coupled with business anxieties over a restructuring economy, Mr Chan Chun Sing will have his plate full in his new role as Trade and Industry Minister.
Mr Chan, who read economics at Cambridge University and graduated with first-class honours, will take over the ministry on Tuesday.
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