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Singapore turns 50, celebrates success amid challenges

August 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Annabelle Liang Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore threw a big party Aug. 9 for its 50th anniversary of independence and unrivaled economic success in a region struggling with poverty and political instability, even as the city-state began feeling the pinch of a midlife crisis. As fighter jets screamed through the sky and nationalist […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, 2015, Action Party, Associated Press, Bridget Welsh, Chinese, Gilbert Goh, Lee Kuan Yew, National Taiwan University, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Reporters Without Borders, Robbing Singaporeans, Vol 34 No 34 | August 15 - August 21, William Nathan, World Press Freedom Index, language, poverty

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