SINGAPORE: After 20 years of weekly Cabinet meetings that soldiered on even during the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has led his last meeting.
In April, the Prime Minister’s Office announced that Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will take over the mantle from Lee as Singapore’s prime minister on May 15. “Singapore will be in good hands under the 4G team and I am ready to support the new team in their work for Singapore’s success.” The cake, designed together with pastry chef Herve Potus from Shangri-La Singapore, honoured Mr Lee’s two decades helming Singapore by reflecting an assortment of his favourite items.
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