A year since Singapore election, how has Lawrence Wong’s team fared?

A year since Singapore election, how has Lawrence Wong’s team fared?Wong and his team have to prove they are ‘more than equal’ to the task of helping Singapore navigate coming headwinds, analysts say6-MIN READ6-MIN0ListenPublished: 8:00am, 6 May 2026Updated: 9:07am, 6 May 2026With Singapore facing a global energy crisis due to the conflict in the Middle East, the “storm clouds” that Prime Minister Lawrence Wong warned of at an election rally last year now appear to be an understatement.Under the scorching midday sun at a lunchtime speech in the heart of the city, Singapore’s leader last April urged voters to re-elect his tested People’s Action Party (PAP), arguing that voting for the opposition would weaken his team’s ability to navigate coming headwinds.On top of surging oil and gas prices wrought by the ongoing Iran-war" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="38748" data-entity-type="event">Iran war, fears of an artificial intelligence revolution replacing jobs continue to weigh heavily on citizens and policymakers.Select VoiceSelect Speed0.8x0.9x1.0x1.1x1.2x1.5x1.75x00:0000:001.00x