SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (pic) said he will reshuffle his Cabinet once parliament enters a mid-term break in coming months to give more responsibility to the next generation of leaders who will support his eventual successor. Lee, the eldest son of Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew and the city-state’s third prime minister since independence in 1965, said in October he would be ready to step down in a couple of years. “I will reshuffle the Cabinet after Parliament prorogues, to give the younger members more exposure and responsibility. “This way, my successor will be supported by a stronger and more experienced team, committed to leading Singapore to a better and brighter future,” Lee said in a Facebook post. Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, also mentioned as a potential successor, has repeatedly said he does not want the job.

Source: The Star February 28, 2018 00:56 UTC