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Singapore’s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong vowed to make “tomorrow better than today” as he took his oath of office Wednesday in a carefully planned political succession designed to ensure stability in the Asian financial hub. A U.S.-trained economist, Mr. Wong, 51, succeeds Lee Hsien Loong, 72, who stepped down after two decades. He is…
The US-educated economist is widely seen as a social media-savvy stalwart (File) Singapore: Singapore swore in Lawrence Wong as the city-state’s new prime minister in a ceremony broadcast live on television on Wednesday after Lee Hsien Loong stepped down following two decades in office. Wong, formerly deputy prime minister, was inaugurated at the Istana government…
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It so happens that succession stories are often scripted like thrillers. When Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew stepped down in 1990, after three decades in power, he picked Goh Chok Tong to be the “stopgap” Prime Minister until his son’s time came. At times, the plot glitches, and the heir is chosen due to…
