SINGAPORE, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Saturday that Finance Minister Lawrence Wong will succeed him as the next prime minister if the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) wins the next general election, local media reported. Wong was endorsed to be t...
Lee Hsien Loong is a Singaporean politician who served as the country’s third prime minister from 2004 to 2024 and continues to serve as a member of Parliament.
With the successor toSingaporePrime Minister Lee Hsien Loong now out of the picture, the race to become the country’s next leader is suddenly wide open. Lee on Thursday signaled the process could take several years, and the party aimed to have a successor in place by the next election due...
Singapore's government will likely spend big ahead of an upcoming election Singaporean Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat — who's tipped to be the next prime minister — is scheduled to announce on Monday the country's budget for the financial year starting April 2019....
Singapore - Multicultural, Diverse, Cosmopolitan: The population of Singapore is diverse, the result of considerable past immigration. Chinese predominate, making up some three-fourths of the total. Malays are the next largest ethnic group, and Indians t
"The social media campaign indicates that Singaporean voters are increasingly beginning to tap into more nuanced forms of voter expression, signaling the electorate's growing maturity as well as frustration that parties should heed ahead of the next general election," she said....
During 2003, Singapore's prime minister, Goh Chok Tong, announced that he would be succeeded by Lee Hsien Loong some time before the next election. The country's economy was severely affected by falling export markets and SARS. A free trade agreement was concluded with the United States, ...
elections: president elected by popular vote for six-year term; appointed on 17 August 2005 (next election to be held by August 2011); following legislative elections, leader of majority party or leader of majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by president; deputy prime ministers ...
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday that he is handing the leadership of the ruling People's Action Party to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong within 12 months "if all goes well". Wong would lead the PAP in the next general election, due by November 2025. ...
Singapore tries to shore up disillusioned middle class before election Prime Minister Lawrence Wong grapples with cost of living pains in post-Lee future August 18 2024 Singapore PM warns of regional fallout from US-China tensions Lawrence Wong says ‘intensifying rivalry’ between Beijing and Washing...