TOP STORIES Singapore PM Lee thanks SCDF for 'excellent job' in tending to Heng Swee Keat Prime Minister Lee wrote to SCDF Commissioner Eric Yap to commend SCDF officers for their "highly professional" and speedy response after Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat collapsed during a Cabinet meeting on Thursday (May 12).  »

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