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Significance
Bringing the poll forward could be risky for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's People's Action Party (PAP), as it faces a new opposition party and worsening economic conditions.
Impacts
Tan Cheng Bock will at the next election attempt to unite the opposition behind his Progress Singapore Party.
Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat will likely succeed as prime minister when Lee eventually leaves the post.
Singapore's economy is unlikely to benefit from any large-scale redirecting of investment from Hong Kong, despite the protests there.
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