Lee Hsien Loong MP (born 10 February 1952) is a Singaporean politician who has served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Singapore since August 2004. Lee is the eldest son of the 1st Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew. He has taken over the leadership of People's Action Party as the Secretary-General since December 2004 when former Prime Minister and Secretary-General Goh Chok Tong stepped down from the position to become the Senior Minister. Lee then led the party to victory in the 2006, 2011, 2015 and 2020 general elections. He began his current term on 15 January 2016 following the opening of Singapore's 13th Parliament.
'Very worrying trends' meant Singapore could not afford to wait any longer before making 'pre-emptive' move: Lawrence Wong
SINGAPORE: Given “very worrying trends” in the spread of COVID-19, it was important that Singapore made a “pre-emptive” move, said Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong at a press conference on Friday (Apr 3). “Our original thought was that we could perhaps take some time to see if the measures implemented since last Friday (Mar 27) were having an effect in slowing down the spread of the virus,” said Mr Wong, following Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's address on the COVID-19
