End of Lee era for Singapore as PM steps down
Tessa Wong
Singapore’s long-serving Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is stepping down, marking the end of a political era for the island nation.
In international geopolitics, Mr Lee carefully balanced Singapore’s relationships with the US and China amid the superpowers’ increasingly fraught tug-of-war for loyalty in the region. His government also finally repealed a controversial anti-gay sex law following years of lobbying from LGBTQ groups, though freedom of speech remains tightly restricted.
Mr Lee is now set to hand over to Mr Wong, a former economist and civil servant who at one point served as his principal private secretary.
