George Yeo: Why I became a businessman

South China Morning Post, 13 Oct 2012
What made you become a businessman?
I was in politics for 23 years until I lost in the last election. The opposition leader who beat me, when he was interviewed, said: "We won not because my opponents [meaning me and my team] did not do a good job, but because people wanted us in Parliament." I thought if there was not something that I could change, because it was not something about me, maybe it was time to open a new chapter of my life. Full story

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