SINGAPORE - With elections now more hotly contested, it is not unimaginable that several opposition parties could win enough seats at the next general election (GE) to form a coalition and run the government, said Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
SINGAPORE - Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong wants Singapore to be a place that embraces different pathways to success, with people from all walks of life assured of the basics – such as housing, education, healthcare and retirement needs – as long as they work consistently.
SINGAPORE – In deciding to step up as Singapore’s fourth prime minister, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong considered the much larger scale of his future responsibilities and whether he was prepared to shoulder them.
SINGAPORE – One was a relationship galvanised during the Covid-19 pandemic, the other was forged through a close working relationship over many years in government.
SINGAPORE - From the 2008 global financial crisis to the Covid-19 pandemic, outgoing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s 20-year term as head of government was marked by world-shaking crises.
SINGAPORE - Singapore’s next prime minister Lawrence Wong unveiled his Cabinet on May 13, with Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong to be appointed as deputy prime minister.