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. Lee, 68, said he may have to delay his plans to handover to a successor by the time he is 70 because of the pandemic. Asked at a media conference whether the ballot had changed the party's succession plans, trade minister Chan Chun Sing said there had been no discussion of the matter. Singapore reported 513 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, its highest in nearly two months, almost all from migrant worker dormitories at the centre of the outbreak in the city-state.

Source: The Star July 25, 2020 07:50 UTC