Singapore to hold election on May 3 in first electoral test for PM Wong | Politics News

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong says city-state is at a ‘critical juncture’ amid global uncertainties.

Singapore will hold general elections on May 3, authorities in the city-state have said, paving the way for the first electoral test of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong since he entered office last year.

Elections Department Singapore announced the date of the vote on Tuesday, shortly after the prime minister’s office said President Tharman Shanmugaratnam had dissolved parliament on Wong’s…