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- WORLD, Page 79World NotesSINGAPOREIs There Life After Lee?
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- It has been 25 years since a tearful Lee Kuan Yew marked
- the traumatic birth of his island republic by announcing that
- Singapore had been expelled from the two-year-old Federation of
- Malaysia. Singapore's 2.7 million citizens are bracing for
- another wrenching departure this week as Lee, 67, retires. As
- Lee's successor, 49-year-old Goh Chok Tong, put it, "My greatest
- challenge is just to maintain standards."
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- Under Lee's firm and steady guidance, the port has evolved
- into a prosperous hub of commerce. But some Singaporeans have
- questioned the republic's puritanical social strictures, which
- include a campaign against overeating in restaurants. Meanwhile,
- Lee will retain considerable power as secretary-general of the
- ruling party and a senior minister in the Prime Minister's
- office.
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