新闻报报看 | 作为新加坡有史以来最年轻的总理，有分析指出， 黄循财如今面对的全球地缘政治局势，和李显龙时期不可同日而语。在外交政策方面，他最大的挑战是如何在中美竞争的夹缝中生存，以及面对缅甸局势、恐怖主义、跨国犯罪等区域挑战。（主播：颜江瀚、林晓倩）
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00:00Next, let's talk about Huang Xuncai, the new Prime Minister of Singapore.
00:05Huang Xuncai, 52 years old, came from a poor family.
00:08He is the youngest Prime Minister in 59 years of independence in Singapore.
00:12At the same time, he is also the first politician to be elected as Prime Minister of Singapore.
00:18What is a highway?
00:20About two years ago, Singapore People's Action Party members decided to elect Huang Xuncai as the Prime Minister.
00:27Two months later, on June 6, 2022, the Singapore Cabinet re-elected Huang Xuncai as the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore.
00:34Two years later, he officially became the Prime Minister.
00:37This is a fast track in Singapore's political history.
00:41Because in the past, the successors announced their status as successors a long time ago.
00:48And they will wait for a long time before becoming the Prime Minister.
00:52For example, Lee Hsien Loong has been the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore for 14 years before he took office.
01:02So Huang Xuncai is a special case. He is a fast track person.
01:07The reason why this special situation occurs is because the first choice of the successor
01:13was originally Wang Ruijie, the former Central Bank Minister and Minister of Education of Singapore.
01:18He is now the Deputy Prime Minister.
01:20He was appointed to take over Lee Hsien Loong's position in 2018.
01:24But three years later, Wang Ruijie resigned from Lee Hsien Loong's position.
01:29He announced that he would not take over Lee Hsien Loong's position as Prime Minister of Singapore.
01:33He also said that he would resign as Minister of Finance.
01:36At that time, it caused a small political crisis.
01:39The reason why Wang Ruijie resigned was due to age issues.
01:42And he said that he thought he could not succeed in this task.
01:46On the other hand, Huang Xuncai was not considered as a potential prime minister.
01:51But his outstanding performance during the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything.
01:56At that time, Huang Xuncai was the leader of the Singapore COVID-19 Task Force.
02:01He was a leading figure in the Singapore government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
02:06At that time, he was on TV every day and answered all the questions raised by the media fluently.
02:11The pandemic turned Huang Xuncai's career into a turning point.
02:16He left a very good impression on Singaporeans.
02:19Later, he became the first man to become the Prime Minister.
02:24Huang Xuncai was born in a family of grass roots.
02:27When he was a child, he learned to read and write in English.
02:31He studied in the U.S. when he was in college.
02:33However, when he was interviewed by Singapore media last week,
02:37he said that he was actively improving his language skills,
02:40including actively learning Chinese and Malay.
02:43He hopes that in the future, he will be able to fluently communicate with the local people in different languages.
02:50He said that although it is difficult,
02:52it is never impossible.
02:54As long as you keep trying, you will see the results.
02:58Huang Xuncai also mentioned in an interview that he deeply understands
03:02that the one-party rule in the era of Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew
03:07no longer exists.
03:09Therefore, he will not be optimistic about assuming
03:11that the People's Movement Party, which he leads, will win the next general election.
03:15Because as long as two to three opposition parties come together
03:18and get more than 50% of the votes,
03:21it is possible to organize a joint government to overthrow the existing regime.
03:25But no matter what, Huang Xuncai said
03:27that as long as he is in office for one more day,
03:29he will do everything he can to ensure that the People's Movement Party
03:32continues to win the trust of the people of Singapore.
03:35As the youngest prime minister in Singapore's history,
03:42it is different from the global geopolitical situation
03:47that Huang Xuncai is facing now compared to the time of Lee Hsien Loong.
03:51The difficulty is really much higher.
03:53His biggest challenge is how to survive in the middle of the Sino-US trade war.
03:58As well as facing the Myanmar situation, terrorism, cross-border crime, etc.
04:03But many analysts predict that Huang Xuncai
04:06can maintain the continuity of Singapore's foreign policy,
04:09not choose sides between China and the United States,
04:13and continue to play the role of an advocate.