I would like to thank the Singapore Academy of Medicine for the honour to deliver the Professor G A Ransome oration for this year. I am not really qualified to give an oration though I have talked my way to some prominence as a politician. So you must excuse me if I don’t sound erudite and academically qualified. You must blame those people who insisted that I deliver this prestigious oration.
The subject “Whether Training in Medicine Makes a Better Politician” is from a list submitted to me because I really could not think of anything suitable to talk about. I thought since I am both a former practitioner of medicine and a current politician, there would be something that I am acquainted with about both subjects.
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