Singapore ruling PAP party wins

Singapore's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) has retained power in Friday's general election but with a reduced majority, final results show. The PAP, in power since 1965, won 83 of 93 parliamentary seats or 61.2% of the vote - down from nearly 70% it had in the 2015 poll. The PAP victory now brings current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yet another term in office. The son of country's founding father and long-time ruler Lee Kuan Yew, Mr Lee has been in office since 2004 but has indicated the forthcoming term will be his last. The PAP's two-thirds majority gives him a virtually free hand in passing key bills, although the party leadership is expected to start some soul-searching with the diminished popular support.