[LIVE] Lawrence Wong's swearing-in as Singapore's new Prime Minister

Lawrence Wong was officially sworn in as Singapore's fourth Prime Minister on Wednesday (May 15), taking over from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a ceremony at the Istana. Mr Lee has been sworn in with other members of the Cabinet, in his new post as Senior Minister. Follow our coverage here. cna.asia/3UYHtHc
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Timestamps for the moment 1:43 - Shot of Goh Chok Tong and former living Presidents Tony Tan and Halimah Yacob (including spouses) 2:02 - Entrance of Parliament Secretaries/Ministers of State 3:23 - Entrance of Cabinet Ministers 5:28 - Entrance of Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon 6:03 - Entrance of Deputy and Senior Prime Ministers 7:44 - Entrance of outgoing PM Lee Hsien Loong 11:58 - Entrance of PM-designate Lawrence Wong 13:03 - Entrance of First Lady Jane Ittogi 14:13 - Entrance of President Tharman Shanmugratanam 14:43 - National Anthem 16:58 - President Tharman's speech 25:43 - Declaration of Section 26 Sub section 1(b)/2(a) 26:39 - Inauguration of PM Lawrence Wong 29:01 - Inaugurations of Senior and Deputy Prime Ministers 34:38 - Inaugurations of Cabinet Ministers 41:38 - Inaugurations of Parliamentary Secretaries/Ministers of State (except Murali Pillai and Shawn Huang) 47:23 - PM Lawrence Wong Acceptance Speech 48:55 - Malay version 49:53 - Chinese version 52:28 - English version 1:07:43 - End of speech 1:10:08 - NDP2021 song 1:14:02 - End of ceremony/Montage of Lawrence Wong 1:24:50 - THE END Congratulations to PM Lawrence Wong.#lawrencewong #sg4g #forwardsingapore #forwardsg

[@jonathanlimjun6238]

Yes

[@alicialee1931]

After watching it, my 8-year-old son said, "PM Wong is very kind, he will be a successful leader for Singapore!"😂 🎉🎉

[@TheSunPrince]

Wait till your son grows up remind him & see what he says

[@hoti3960]

@@TheSunPrince And he will see your reply too

[@sriyamagnusschulz427]

Watching from Switzerland! So very proud of my little red dot! Congratulations to Mr Wong and to all Ministers! Majulah Singapore!

[@tantoby8128]

Congratulations to our new PM Wong! Majulah Singapura!❤️🇸🇬

[@etpoculasacra]

Best wishes to Prime Minister Wong and Singapore from the United Kingdom 🇬🇧🇸🇬 Thanks also to Lee Hsien Loong for his friendship and partnership.

[@Hs5687]

It’s a Leadership Downgrade After Reserve$ Drained By COVID 😊

[@jayanthafe]

Best Wishes to the President Hon: Mr Tharman and the Newly appointed Hon: Mr Lawrence Wong, with the Late courageous Iron Gentleman of Singapore Hon: Leu Kuan who made a strong Foundation to make a Very Beautiful Country. Unfortunately my Country "Srilanka" became a Spoil Crooked Country with a Huge Members of the Parliament Totaling to 225, which good for Nothing. Iam very touched to your Late Hon: Primer Minister Mr Lie Kuwang, making a very Small Members of Parliament with 14 Singapore Minister, 9 Senior Ministers and 5 State Ministers Totaling to 28 Members of Parliament. Srilanka is a Beautiful Country with Natural Resources with Educated People, unfortunately 98% of the Members of the Parliament are Born Crooks made "Srilanka" a Bankrupt Country. My Vision is to find a Tough Political Party to Sentence All Crooks with "Capital" Punishment. Thanks, Regards, From Srilanka.❤

[@saltyjo7514]

I see many negative comments. This is his first day. Give him a break. So many complaints. I am not even Singaporean and I see so many ungrateful people. With your strong SGD, you should travel out and look at the world and see how it is like and tell us honestly if you think PAP is that bad. I think around the world, people praise how Singapore is run. How efficient the government is. All the Singapore PMs were well educated, speaks well and respected. Look at some other countries. They have maniacs, racists, extremist, uneducated and corrupted felons as country leaders. Singaporeans should be more grateful. I have been to many countries. Singapore is one of my least desired country for holiday. Expensive, boring and small. But it is very well run, everything works, safe and efficient. Honestly i think the gov did a fantastic job. Singapore has almost no natural resources. It is so successful because of their leaders who had great vision for the nation. So before you say PAP or Lawrence is bad, take a look at other countries.

[@charmaine8512]

Those that have not travelled or are knowledgeable will always be ungrateful to their country. A progressive country like Singapore is the envy of the world and one must recognise that the exiting PM did an excellent job and it is hopeful the new PM will have the support of the exiting PM to take over the reigns. I am fascinated with how India, Sultanate of Oman, Iraq, the U.A.E have truly fought for their country and have civilized citizens which is in itself an achievement. Good luck Singapore and God bless the red dot

[@inpoinpo4011]

It's 👍

[@koosmangat]

Negative comments? do you see them anymore now? What happened to the negative comments? Oops…

[@robinwee4390]

Do you know why we progress so fast? If we set our expectation similar to yours, we will never improve and will be "stucked" and accept this is the "Best". Recently the "Cons" has caught up the "Pros", so majority of Singaporeans wants to reverse this decline. Any "New" leader appointed must have this ability. The new leader has not shown he had came out "New" ideas before his succession to this level. Period.

[@AleksiIvanov-kz5yb]

Why compare with other countries? Before you say that Singaporeans are ungrateful, try to visualize what our govt did to us? They have replaced the entire local born citizens with 3rd world populations from different countries. This itself is an act that is against the law of nature. The pap govt will be punished by God one day for the bad karma they have accumulated from betraying the ancestors of SG. And by the way, SG success is not solely contributed by the pap govt. They don't deserved the full credit as they are not as holy as what you think. Although I don't blame the world of foreigners who think that our govt are angels because they are indeed good at window dressing and fooling the world to think that they are really so holy. And by the way, you will be really naive to think that SG has no corruption. And what about legalized corruption? Have you give a thought to this?

[@user-st6hl2qj5k]

Congratulations to our Prime Minister As a senior citizen, I watch closely during covid ,the Team lead by Mr Lawrence Wong, I knew then ,He will be next, May our new PM will succeed

[@kamrulhassan8781]

How inspiring the speech of the new Prime Minister is. He not only paid gratitude to his predecessors but also showed guidelines for moving forward with the involvement of all citizens. This is why Singapore is a role model for other nations.

[@kentan5309]

AEH, HO JIAK BOH?

[@stevenyeow6703]

This PM very natural and I believe he will be the smart PM for all Singaporean. Cheers

[@eng3522]

Thank you SM Lee H L for what you have done for Singapore for.the past 40 years. Thank god you are still with PAP. Please stay in office for as long as possible for Singapore.

[@LiLi-jd8hc]

God bless Singapore 🇸🇬 🙏🏻 ❤

[@jhonsondesilva8182]

I am a Malaysian,worked in the Government during Mr.Lee Kuan Yew.Congratulations Mr Lawrence Wong and all Singaporean's.

[@azhariann6843]

Thank you for your support n compliment.👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👌👌👌👌

[@Hs5687]

Then You should know who Controls Malaysia by Weaponising the RM 😊

[@jhonsondesilva8182]

@@Hs5687 To be honest, I don't know.

[@sabrinateo2320]

GOD anointing be upon the PM Lawrence Wong and PAP. Isaiah 11:2. Amen. 😊 GOD BLESS SINGAPORE AND THE PAP. Amen.

[@inpoinpo4011]

Amen!

[@ctiii7611]

Amen!

[@the_lion_roars]

Amen

[@varenaurigayurioshi4836]

Selamat Singapura. Salam dari Indonesia 🇲🇨😍🇸🇬

[@ARTnMEnet]

How much salary for him, and compare to salary of a bus driver

[@anandnair5223]

To our exiting PM Mr Lee Hsien Loong, we thank you Sir. To our newly appointed PM, Mr Lawrence Wong, congratulations !

[@eng3522]

Thank your PM Wong for taking over the difficult task from SM Lee.

[@kheenguankoh9483]

Congratulations to SINGAPORE'S FOURTH PRIME MINISTER MR.WONG, but do not stress yourself too much, SINGAPORE needs a healthy PM not a PM who have to visit the hospital.

[@jhhwanghwang888]

Congratulations Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. Well Said in English, Malay and Chinese. After PM Lee who successfully filled the big shoes of his father. You are Perfection. You are Gentle and yet very Able and very humble. You are also very well spoken. You are A Great Blessing to Singapore. May GOD Bless You Greatly. GOD Bless. Singapore.

[@Integrityisrare]

Proud of our leaders. Majulah Singapura!

[@Amazinggrace89064]

May God Bless Singapore.

[@user-pw6oj1vw6n]

Congratulations. God bless to all🙏

[@fluffy-puffy-puppy]

Congratulations Singapore, from London 👋😊 Incredible to see how far Singapore has come since Independence and within my own lifetime.

[@user-mk5vs6je7f]

Congratulations but pls make us Singaporeans served first rather than foreigners and PR. Once again congratulations Mr Wong.We SINGAPOREANS know that you can handle our country and our people. One nation one country one Singapore.

[@Michaelong29]

Salute to SM Lee HL and congratulations to the new PM Wong. Wishing Singapore continued success as always.

[@stacieberries]

Watching from New Zealand, excited for this new chapter with PM Wong, what a generation change. Can’t wait to see what Singapore will be like in 20 years. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much, but i’m quite impressed with Mr Lawerence Wong’s speech 😂 Good amount of inspiration, good amount of recruitment of help from Singaporeans hahaha

[@Mari_Selalu_Berbuat_Kebaikan]

Let's always do alot of good ❤️

[@wittyaurelia]

Congratulations and very happy for Singapore continuous success with great leadership!!! At the same time, I do wish at least just ONE minister in Malaysia could take a look at Singapore - learn to understand what are the fundamental qualities a leader should possess. Voice of a Malaysian..

[@hakimnurul5098]

Hello. Not Malaysian Voice, just YOUR VOICE. Ok

[@WilliamStanley-py9jy]

Hi

[@hengboonseng5916]

Thank you for sharing this video clip

[@mikerajen7475]

When I first saw Lawrence Wong heading the Covid Committee . I told my family . Lawrence Wong is our nx Prime Minister. Today I'm stand so proud to see him sworn in as our Prime Minister. I wish him all the best in everything he does. You have our fullest support Sir. God bless you always....

[@maverick7323]

lol he advised don’t wear masks 😂

[@chrislim7615]

Congratulations:PM Lawrence Wong on becoming:S'pore's 4th:PM(smooth transition ahead)Hip2 hooray,well done😅

[@kashsingh4623]

Best wishes to our new Prime Minister Mr Lawrence Wong and thank you to the exiting one Mr Lee Hsien Loong.

[@kuthbuddinsl]

Singaporean should be proud the way Singapore is guided by best mentor's wish sri lanka has the same conducive environment. Congratulations sir of your appointed as a prime minister for a great country as a prime minister

[@fuifoong9966]

May God be with Singapore.

[@garykoh5974]

Forward and upward Singapore!

[@limcheating1]

Wishing Singapore an excellent future, love from Malaysia

[@WintomoTjandra-sz9ty]

Congratulations, PM Wong!

[@sm.quraishyquraishy6120]

Iam a Indian worked in Singapore S.S.E , Jurang, Singapore. During the Leader Of the Mr. Lee Kuan Yew as a Prime Minister. I Wish All the Best for Mr. Lawrence Wong as Young Prime Minister.

[@sarathdassanaike2807]

Greetings from Sri Lanka Sarath Dassanaike congratulations

[@newtonyap5718]

Greeting from Denmark. Thank you so much LHL. Wish PM Wong all the best. This is my little Red Dot.

[@gobalik]

Best wishes. singapore is an inspiration to the world of how a country should be run

[@awequayzngs1780]

With a small bible in his left hand ?. ❤.

[@andikaonyoutube]

Good Luck to PM Wong, the challenges are great but we wish you all the best 🇮🇩🇸🇬

[@pdfren5776]

Congrats Sir...wishing u all the best on your new appointment. Majulah Singapura

[@MeccazzAsiass]

#Singapore’s New Prime Minister • “CONGRATULATIONS” Tahniah Singapura, Like & Visit One Day … Watching; From Malaysia, Residents Of Peace ! ( GOD BLESS ALL ) 🙏🏼 🖤🤍❤️ ___________________________

[@anziar3038]

Wow! The PAP team keeps getting better and better. ❤❤

[@abubakar-og5hb]

Happy new prime minister and cabinet members of singaporean. Hopefully we will are getting hard of working as toghether .. from malaysian.

[@jamalimurtaza6527]

Good luck .inspiring speech 💬

[@user-pk4xo9by7p]

Congratulations on your being prime Minister for your Singapore..

[@ethan_zheng]

PM wong wife seems very nervous. walked a little faster and Sat down before wong.

[@gene3003]

Congratulations..to all Singaporeans ….in having a new Prime Minister..

[@kbs8363]

Congratulation to the Singaporeans for electing their handsome and smart Leader Prime minister

[@hedayatsm553]

There was no election for the new PM. In fact, in a survey, most Singaporeans wanted our current president Tharman Shanmugaratnam to become the next PM (this was before he ran for presidency, given that he was told he won't be the next PM).

[@yoelbambangsenggono7781]

Congratulation for new PM Singapore

[@ketoetastawa3509]

Interesting,, to see the transfer of authority of Singepore PM.🙏

[@user-rr3jr1eq4h]

Congratulations Singapore

[@Iknow-mw8rf]

Surprisingly majority people said the people are the opposition themselves.

[@kitty_kats_love]

As a Malaysian, i am proud of this moment 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@champe408]

Watching from Nairobi kenya, how this popped up idk. Best wishies to mr wong

[@BaySean]

20:56 meaning 3rd handover of premiership since 1990.

[@LankansInUK]

Love From Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

[@hedayatsm553]

Well, we would have loved to have Mr Tharman as our PM...guess we have to do with what we get. Congrats PM Wong.

[@joekerr8037]

Not after MAS made billions of dollar losses, kid !

[@maverick7323]

@@joekerr8037doesn’t change anything

[@hengboonseng5916]

Thanks to cFi Nian for sharing this video

[@muralisr2863]

Good from Mysore.,👍🙏

[@HaryantoThamrin]

Congratulations to the new PM. Singapore is very fortunate to have such great leaders.

[@tmlwe]

I think this gentleman would become the best PM not only for Singapore but in the world!

[@joekerr8037]

"In the world" ? Get real, kid !

[@cloudywong1432]

@@joekerr8037 I think Singapore has this qualification

[@joekerr8037]

@@cloudywong1432 City: Singapore State: Singapore Country: Singapore Get real , kid!

[@owenchuarbx]

That firm handshake signifies the handover to PM Wong from PM/SM Lee 32:06

[@ray3271]

Our new PM has a very tough job, the trade war between US and China, the wars between Israel and Hamas and in Europe seem having no end, how Singapore could sail through the storm? This is what I worry about.

[@keithkoh9968]

Congratulation Mr Lawrence Wong! Next Chapter not easy, but actually , wasn't easy at all! not the balls you had, but, i respect your willingly contribution to our nation! Thank you for your commitment. Thank You PM Lawrence Wong!

[@kevinding500]

Best wishes to Prime Minister Wong and Singapore

[@chandramouliramachandran4217]

Congratulations to the new PM of Singapore, from the USA.

[@joekerr8037]

A skunk is detected !

[@ona2779]

Video montage of LW @1:14:06 till end - quite heartening.

[@JL-bb1cr]

Congratulations to our new PM Wong! The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the Israelites: You shall say to them, The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Numbers 6:22-26

[@benjaminbergling]

Why no public holidays 😭

[@ahkoy973]

Best wishes to Mr Lawrence Wong 👏 🙌 ❤

[@rogersri]

Congratulations to PM Lawrence Wong. Nice to see Mr Wong spoke in Malay, Mandarin - would had been nice if he spoke few words in Tamil also. (Tamil being an official language also).

[@ChrisZ901]

Yeah I was surprised that he didn't even try a few words in Tamil. Maybe he is just not confident enough with it

[@maverick7323]

Tamil not significant geopolitically

[@adventure_With_Dan]

Why the oath like they serving Nation Services. 😂😂😂

[@hawkhea7527]

With our lives

[@davidchai168]

加油！🎉🎉🎉

[@gohzhao3452]

President Mr Tharman Shanmugaratham And Ms Jane Ittogi Shanmugaratham 9th 4th Prime Minister Mr Lawrence Wong And Ms Lawrence Wong.

[@harrydhaliwal6756]

ALWAYS ADMIRED SINGAPORE , ITS GOVERNMENT AND IT'S PEOPLE. HIGEST RESPECT TO OUTGOING PM LEE HSIEN LOONG AND ALL SUCCESS TO INCOMING PM LAWRENCE WONG.

[@d.g.1594]

I bid a farewell to Lee Hsien Loong and I wish all the best for Lawrence Wong as his begins his term as Singapore's new prime minister.

[@awequayzngs1780]

The most watched present tense from around the world. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@HasanAlbar-qj4qy]

Indonesia oke oys Indonesiaene !!

[@jagadheeshvk3915]

Best Wishes to Our PM Lawrence Wong ❤❤

[@muhammadsamsul8456]

MALAYSIA DAH 10 PM TAK PERLU TUKAR LAGI, SINGAPURA BARU PM KE EMPAT

[@collin_mmarshall1655]

Malaysia needs to change the PM as frequently as possible.. because it will take another 1000 PM to be as great as Singapore. Probably in the year 2889.. where SGD1 = RM1000

[@rustyrazzi5182]

…congrats PM Wong…we trust you all the way…and if your good office, I humbly beg you sir, please tell our foreign talents to respect and integrate with us Singaporean..we are not perfect society, but please respect our culture and our behaviour… 🙏🙏

[@alexmarchettispag]

Is swearing legal there?

[@Clinton325i]

Let’s hope he puts Iswaraan behind bars.

[@dennis12dec]

It's the CPIB and the Courts who will deliver the verdict on Iswaran not the PM. The Rule of Law always applies to anyone.

[@petitvillaboutiquespa1840]

Congratulations

[@leelamthye-fr4gm]

Warmest congratulations to Lawrence Wong

[@ohseihango]

Congratulations❤❤❤❤❤

[@jerrodtham]

Imagine what Malaysia will become if Chinese become PM. Singapore Chinese PM but all races also have place. Malaysia should change policy. PM based on merits and not based on race.

[@MQ9091]

Very happy for you new PM

[@teoj1888]

WOW . WHAT AN EXCELLENT SPEECH IN ENGLISH , MALAY - OUR NATIONAL LANGUAGE AND MANDARIN.

[@dennis12dec]

Wrong, Singapore's national language is Malay. Mandarin, Tamil and English are the official languages. My Singaporean friend's mother language is Mandarin and she also speaks fluent Malay.

[@teoj1888]

@@dennis12dec Thank you. You are correct.

[@NotG0lden]

Love singapore from albania 🇦🇱

[@hillmanhung3846]

We did inherit system of governance from the British, thus "so help me God" is still there. Pray that the Lord will bless our state

[@shailasingh5684]

Congratulations to new PM

[@jessetorres8738]

Trivia note: The U.S. game show The Amazing Race has been on for 36 Seasons, & yet they have been to Singapore for just 3 of them; Seasons 3, 16, & 25 (which aired back in 2014).

[@RVS924]

Modi should learn from Singapore PM

[@VickyKumar-ip2hb]

I visited Singapore it's feel like china.i love Singapore it's a great country I visited there many times but I just feel it's quite similar to china

[@budimargarito989]

Make it great ASEAN economy and strong and Love and peace