Depending on who you talk to, the news about Mr Heng Swee Keat stepping aside as future leader of Singapore was either to be expected, or so shocking as to be seismic.
Various media outlets reported it differently. Bloomberg said Mr Heng's decision meant the People's Action Party (PAP) faced a "suddenly unpredictable scenario" and called it "a seismic shake-up for the party."
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