SINGAPORE: Singapore’s ruling party on Friday set in motion a carefully orchestrated political succession that will see the founding family hand over the premiership, a key moment in the city-state’s short history.

Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat was unveiled as the second in command of the People’s Action Party (PAP), which has ruled Singapore since it gained self-rule from Britain in 1959, putting him on course to become premier.

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