Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong was speaking at a virtual conference on freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. SINGAPORE: Allowing any party to illegally weaponise an international waterway sets a "dangerous precedent", Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Friday (Apr 17). Singapore “feels this acutely” because it is located along the straits of Malacca and Singapore, which are among the world’s busiest maritime routes, he said. “We cannot afford to go down this path. If we were