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Singapore’s prime minister has warned that raising tensions between the US and China will have an impact on the city state’s economy and the broader region

HONG KONG, SAR: In a sudden announcement that rocked Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s office announced this morning that the 72-year-old Lee would step down on May 15 – in just a month – to be replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, only the third leadership transition in the island republic since its independence in 1965. Two of the premiers have been members of the Lee family, one of the most enduring political dynasties in Asia.

BANGKOK, Thailand--Singapore’s People’s Action Party (PAP) is one of the longest political parties holding power, winning every election since 1959. CNA, part of the state media, inferred that Singapore was a one party state with its headline  “A ‘one-and-a-half party’ political system possible in Singapore, says political analyst” , after the 2020 election.