Singapore PM Lee to make final major political speech at May Day Rally before handover to new leader

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaking at the May Day Rally on May 1, 2022. - PHOTO: ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will deliver his last major political speech as head of government at the annual May Day Rally on the morning of May 1.

This comes a fortnight before he is set to pass the baton to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who will be sworn in as the Republic’s fourth prime minister, at a ceremony to be held at the Istana on May 15.