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Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong delivers the Singapore Energy Lecture during the 15th Singapore International Energy Week, in Singapore October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Isabel Kua/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSINGAPORE, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said he will hand leadership of the ruling People's Action Party to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong as soon as the party's 70th anniversary in November 2024, a year before an election is due. He has served as party secretary-general and prime minister since 2004 and last year chose Wong, who is also finance minister, as his successor. Therefore, I intend to hand over to DPM Lawrence before the next general election," Lee said at an annual party conference. He served as Lee's principal private secretary from 2005 to 2008 and led the education and national development ministries before becoming finance minister in 2021 and deputy prime minister last year.
Persons: Finance Lawrence Wong, Isabel Kua, Lee Hsien Loong, Lawrence Wong, Wong, Lee, Lee Kuan Yew, DPM Lawrence, Walid Jumblatt Abdullah, Chong Ja Ian, Chen Lin, Michael Perry, Christopher Cushing Organizations: Finance, Singapore Energy, Singapore International Energy, REUTERS, Rights, Singapore Prime, Party, Monetary Authority of, Nanyang Technological University, Still, National University of Singapore, Thomson Locations: Singapore, Rights SINGAPORE, Lawrence, Monetary Authority of Singapore
Shell says Singapore energy, chemicals assets under review
  + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: 1 min
Companies Shell PLC FollowSINGAPORE, June 14 (Reuters) - Shell (SHEL.L) said on Wednesday it is conducting a strategic review of energy and chemicals assets on Bukom and Jurong Island in Singapore. The move was announced as part of the company's strategy update for investors, aimed at creating more value with less emissions. The Bukom refinery, Shell's only wholly owned refining-petrochemical centre in Asia, can process 237,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude. Reporting by Florence Tan; Editing by Muralikumar AnantharamanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Florence Tan, Muralikumar Organizations: Shell PLC, SINGAPORE, Thomson Locations: Bukom, Jurong, Singapore, Asia
Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong delivers the Singapore Energy Lecture during the 15th Singapore International Energy Week, in Singapore October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Isabel KuaSINGAPORE, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Singapore plans to reduce its peak carbon emissions target for 2030 to 60 million tonnes of carbon dioxide as the city state strives to achieve net zero by 2050, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Tuesday. The country had previously aimed for a reduction to 65 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2030. "This 5 million tonne improvement is significant as it is equivalent to reducing our current transport emissions by two thirds," Wong said at the Singapore International Energy Week conference. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Emily Chow and Florence Tan; Editing by Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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