SINGAPORE: Voters have handed Singapore's long-time ruling party a landslide election victory, offering Prime Minister Lawrence Wong a clear mandate to navigate the trade-orientated Southeast Asian nation through economic upheaval sparked by looming US tariffs. Wong's People's Action Party took all but 10 seats in the 97-seat unicameral legislature with a total of 65.57 per cent of the more than 2.4 million votes cast in the wealthy island state in Saturday's polls.
"Singaporeans gave the PAP a strong mandate to govern," Wong told a news conference hours after the official results were announced. "The results will put Singapore in a better position to face this turbulent world," he said, adding they were a "clear signal of trust, stability and confidence in your government".
Wong was facing his first major test against a rejuvenated opposition and had urged voters to offer him a strong show of support amid the global economic uncertainties brought on by US President Donald Trump's tough tariffs policy. The PAP was always expected to easily retain a clear majority in the legislature. — AFP
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