He added that Mr Wong emerged as the "overwhelming consensus choice", having been unanimously endorsed by all his Cabinet colleagues and then by all the People's Action Party Members of Parliament as the leader of the 4G team.
In September 2019, a year before the 1990 MoU's expiry, Lee and the administration renewed it for another 15 years.
Lee was first elected for the in 1984 at the age of 32.