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PM Lee turned 70 on Feb 10 and the guessing game about his successor hots up - The Independent Singapore News

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Singapore — Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong celebrated his 70th birthday on Thursday, Feb 10, on a day marked by, among other things, the release of the Parliament’s Committee of Privileges report on the Raeesah Khan scandal and the news that Crash Landing on You stars Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin are getting hitched This …

This particular birthday should have been a significant one for Singapore, as PM Lee had announced in 2012 that he planned to step down by then.that he “hoped not” to continue as Prime Minister after the age of 70.

Secondly, on April 8 last year, Deputy Prime Minister Heng See Keat announced that he was withdrawing from contention to be the next Prime Minister.

 

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Hope Singapore can be better irregardless who take over...

who kared if he 70 or 80..did he look after all our poor peasants aged 70? till todae 70++ who kommit a krime iz still a jailable offence

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