‘My MP became PM’: Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC residents rejoice as PM Lawrence Wong joins their party after Istana ceremony
SINGAPORE — After nearly an hour waiting at a roundabout outside Yew Tee Point shopping complex, enduring the heat and humidity as they held placards and readied their phones to take photos, a jubilant crowd of residents in Yew Tee erupted into cheers when Prime Minister Lawrence Wong appeared.
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Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC residents rejoice as PM Lawrence Wong joins them after Istana ceremony
Marsiling-Yew Tee residents in Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s constituency jostled to meet him when he arrived at Yew Tee, following his swearing-in ceremony at the Istana.
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