Singapore's incoming Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (L) is sworn in next to President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon at the Istana in Singapore on May 15, 2024. (Photo by Edgar Su / Pool / AFP)
Singapore: Singapore swore in Lawrence Wong as the city-state's new prime minister in a ceremony broadcast live on television on Wednesday after Lee Hsien Loong stepped down following two decades in office.
Wong, 51, was inaugurated at the Istana government office shortly after 8 pm local time (1200 GMT).
