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Singapore PM Lee flags delay to retirement due to coronavirus

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SINGAPORE : Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong named a largely unchanged cabinet on Saturday following an election win this month, and flagged a possible delay to his retirement plans due to the noel coronavirus pandemic.Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, Lee's expected successor, was kept in post helming the finance ministry, as were senior ministers Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Teo Chee Hean."We are in a crisis of a generation ...

therefore I have kept on many of my older colleagues who are all participating in this fight against COVID-19," Lee, 68, said.Lee also said he may have to delay his plans to step down as leader by the time he is 70 because of the pandemic."A lot will depend on how events unfold and all I can say is I will.

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