SINGAPORE: Changes to Singapore's electoral boundaries were announced on Friday (March 13), setting the stage for polls soon, with an opposition party saying any move to conduct elections during the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak would be 'irresponsible'.
A man wearing a hazmat suit and mask mops the floor inside the Hajjah Fatimah mosque in Singapore on Friday . Changes to Singapore's electoral boundaries were announced on Friday , setting the stage for polls soon, with an opposition party saying any move to conduct elections during the coronavirus outbreak would be"irresponsible". - AP
There had been doubts the election, which must happen by April 2021 at the latest, would take place in the near future due to the virus -- the city-state has so far reported 200 cases. The government had accepted recommendations made to it by a boundaries review committee, according to a report submitted in parliament Friday.
The polls are viewed as important as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the son of Singapore's founding leader Lee Kuan Yew, has said he will step down afterwards and hand power to a new generation of leaders.
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