Singapore Education Minister Desmond Lee replaces Heng Swee Keat as PAP chairman; Ong Ye Kung made party treasurer


Education Minister Desmond Lee (left) replaces former Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat (right), who has retired from politics. - Photos: ST

SINGAPORE: Education Minister Desmond Lee has been appointed as the new chairman of the ruling PAP.

Lee, who was the party’s assistant secretary-general, succeeds former Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, who has retired from politics.

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