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Smart Nation will be next goal for Singapore

PM to set up Smart Nation Programme Office; Virtual Singapore project to be launched

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Published Mon, Nov 24, 2014 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    SOON after the separation from Malaysia in 1965, Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew set a goal for the newly independent state: it will become a metropolis in 10 years.

    Singapore's third Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday declared that the goal has been more than met - and he set a new goal for the Republic: "Ten years from now, we will be a smart nation!"

    Smart Nation

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