{"id":14693,"date":"2022-04-16T13:52:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T08:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=14693"},"modified":"2022-04-16T13:52:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T08:52:50","slug":"lawrence-wong-singapores-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/04\/16\/lawrence-wong-singapores-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawrence Wong, Singapore\u2019s FM."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Finance Minister Lawrence Wong will succeed Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as the city-next-leader, state\u2019s Lee Hsien Loong declared on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wong has been named the leader of the PAP\u2019s so-called fourth-generation (4G) squad, according to a party announcement made on Thursday, opening the way for him to become the city\u2019s next prime minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe aim is for Lawrence to succeed me as Prime Minister either before or after the next General Election (assuming the PAP wins).\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s due in 2025 and will undoubtedly be a tough fight,\u201d Lee wrote on Saturday on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finance Minister Lawrence Wong will succeed Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as the city-next-leader,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":14694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[346],"class_list":["post-14693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-singapores-fm"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lawrence Wong, Singapore\u2019s FM.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Finance Minister Lawrence Wong will succeed Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as the city-next-leader, 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