'A story of possibilities': PM Lawrence Wong says both he and Singapore have come far, but there's 'much more to do'

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Born just seven years after Singapore gained independence, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong witnessed the country's rapid growth from third to first world. The 51-year-old was born in 1972, when Singapore 'was a young nation' with 'not much to our name'.

'A story of possibilities': PM Lawrence Wong says both he and Singapore have come far, but there's 'much more to do'Born just seven years after Singapore gained independence, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong witnessed the country's rapid growth from third to first world.

However, the newly minted prime minister noted: "Much as we have accomplished, there is still much more to do." "Ambitious" and "gutsy" are how Pravita Nithiah Nandan, a train operations specialist at SMRT who attended the inauguration ceremony, described Singapore's new leader.

 

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