Lawrence Wong is considered a safe pair of hands. But Singapore is facing many challenges that need radical new ideas rather than technocratic continuity.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is stepping down this week after 20 years in the job, and Lawrence Wong – his 51-year-old deputy – is set to succeed him.
The official announcement of the succession last month was remarkably prosaic, reading and feeling more like notification of a high-level personnel change in the civil service than the arrival of a new prime minister.
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Michael Barr is Associate Professor in International Relations in the College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University.
