News outside of News

Been doing some serious studying of Deutsch these weeks, how hardworking ^^. And yes of course, reading german tabloids in the name of studying too. Ziemlich interessant…

Politiks there, apparently, is quite colourful for reasons. So here’s some facts…

1) 7 out of 18 ministers in Angela Merkel’s Cabinet are < 50 years old, 3 of which are < 40.

2) Germany’s Minister of Defence is 38 and looks like Matt Damon, somewhat. (Link)

3) To put things into perspective, only 2 out of  21 Cabinet Ministers in Singapore are <50, and they’re nearing 50.

4) Singapore’s Minister of Defence is NOT 38 and DOES NOT look like Matt Damon, at all. (That of course, does not suggest anything about his competence or leadership, so this is NOT sedition.)

5) Two weeks back, Germany’s State Secretary Rudiger Wolf called upon DPM. That’s probably the same appointment as PS(D) in Sg. Perhaps the only reason he came was cause it isn’t really nice for a 38 y-o Minister of Defence to meet with a 56 y-0 Minister of Defence, at least for Singapore?

So yes, 39 y-o CDFs and (future) women BGs are not TOO alarming I guess.