SINGAPORE, May 23 -- Senior minister of state for manpower and health Dr Koh Poh Koon will leave political office on June 1, saying he needs to devote more time to his family after more than a decade in government service. He will continue as MP for Tampines GRC, the Singapore Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said.

The Straits Times reported Dr Koh in a Facebook post said the decision came after "much deliberation", acknowledging that the demands of office had made him "an absent husband, father and son" since entering politics in 2015. His wife, also a doctor, had shouldered much of the caregiving responsibilities for their children and elderly parents, he added.

"Right now, my family needs my attention in a way that is not compatible wit...