Minister + content creator? Ong Ye Kung shows off his vlogging chops with New York food tour
With a busy overseas work schedule wrapped up, Singapore's Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung switched gears and channelled his inner travel vlogger.After several days of meetings at the UN in New York, Ong visited Flushing in Queens and shared his impressions of the neighbourhood in a social media video that has since garnered more than 302,000 views and 14,500 likes. In a post on Monday (Sept 28), he offered viewers a glimpse into Flushing's history, including its Dutch colonial roots, while sprinkling in a light-hearted reference to Spider-Man and Peter Parker, the fictional New Yorkers."The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle down in this part of the US, so New York used to be called New Amsterdam and this part of town is called Vlissingen," said Ong. "Today, it's called Flushing and is a big Asian town," he added, with the post captioned: "Best place to have Chinese food in New York."