SINGAPORE -- Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, a senior politician once considered a likely successor to former Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, will not run in the city-state's general election, highlighting the ruling People's Action Party's generational shift.
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Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, pictured here in Tokyo in May 2019, was once seen as a likely prime minister. But he has made way for younger leaders. (Photo by Kotaro Igarashi)
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