As Singapore enters twilight of Lee era, ruling party prepares for change

SINGAPORE (Nov 27): Modern city-state Singapore is a predictable place: it's hot and humid every day, unabashedly pro-business, immaculately clean – no chewing gum anywhere – and the government is usually run by a Lee.

Last week, the wheels of change were set in motion through an opaque reorganisation within the ruling People's Action Party (PAP), a move that put in place the likely successor once Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong steps aside.

Prime Minister Lee, the son of Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, is nearly 67 and has said he will step down by the time he is 70.

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