PM Lee sends condolences to family of former MP Sha’ari Tadin

SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has paid a glowing tribute to the late PAP MP Sha’ari Tadin who passed away on Sunday.

In a letter to Mr Sha’ari’s wife, Mr Lee said without Mr Sha’ari and his generation of Malay leaders who served the party and Singapore loyally, the country would not be where it was today.

He noted that Mr Sha’ari was the first Malay graduate MP and belonged to a new generation of better educated Malay leaders.

This, he said, reflected the steady progress of the community.

Since then, Mr Lee said in each successive election, the government has upgraded the quality of the Malay MPs elected, not only in terms of educational attainments, but also their participation in and contribution to national issues. — CNA/vm