REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SINGAPORE -- Singapore Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat suffered a stroke and collapsed during a cabinet meeting on Thursday, the prime minister's office said.

"Heng Swee Keat, Minister for Finance, collapsed during a cabinet meeting this afternoon at 5.34 pm," the prime minister's office said in a statement.

"He was taken to hospital immediately. A CT scan showed that he had a stroke. Doctors are attending to him now."

Heng, who took over the role last year, was previously a managing director of Singapore's central bank.

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