Singapore PM flags retirement delay over virus as he unveils cabinet

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Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong named a largely unchanged cabinet on Saturday following an election win this month, and flagged a possible delay, due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, of his plan to step down.

FILE PHOTO: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrives at a People's Action Party branch office, as ballots are counted during the general election, in Singapore July 11, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo

Lee, 68, said he may have to delay his plans to handover to a successor by the time he is 70 because of the pandemic. Newly elected Alvin Tan, head of public policy for social network LinkedIn and a former senior Facebook executive, was given a post as minister of state in the trade ministry.

 

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