SINGAPORE, June 27 — People’s Action Party (PAP) secretary-general Lee Hsien Loong today launched the party’s manifesto for the 2020 General Election (GE), with the central focus on overcoming the crisis of a generation brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Titled Our Lives, Our Jobs, Our Future, the manifesto will differ from past manifestos that mainly sketch out "ambitious but credible” long term ideas, said Lee, who is also the Prime Minister.

Said Lee: "But this time is different. This is not a normal election, and we are not in a normal situation. We are in the middle of the most severe crisis the world has faced for many decades. The immediate business of running Singapore is anything but routine. 

"Without a Herculean effort by us, we cannot be certain that what we have painstakingly built over decades will continue to stand, and not collapse in the storm.”

The manifesto for GE2020 will therefore focus on three areas needed to overcome Covid-19, said Lee. 

These are: