Ms Paetongtarn Shinawatra is Thailand's new prime minister.

She assumes the post two days after Mr. Srettha Thavisin was dismissed from the premiership by the Constitutional Court for the wrongful appointment of a Cabinet minister. Ms Paetongtarn of the Pheu Thai party will be Thailand’s youngest prime minister and is the third member of the influential Shinawatra clan to take the top job, after her father Thaksin and her aunt Yingluck.

What would be her immediate challenges? 

In Singapore, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong is set to deliver his maiden National Day Rally speech this weekend at the Institute of Technical Education College Central in Ang Mo Kio. What can we expect?

Independent political observer Felix Tan shares his perspectives with Lynlee Foo on the Weekly Wrap.

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