Singapore PM flags retirement delay over virus as he unveils cabinet


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  • Saturday, 25 Jul 2020

FILE PHOTO: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Secretary-General of the People's Action Party, speaks at a virtual press conference following the general elections in Singapore, in this still frame obtained from social media video July 11, 2020. PEOPLE'S ACTION PARTY /via REUTERS

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong named a largely unchanged cabinet on Saturday following an election win this month, and flagged a possible delay, due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, of his plan to step down.

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.

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