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President thanksPM Lee for decades of service, steering S’pore through crises
The Straits Times
|May 14, 2024
He says PM enabled nation to emerge not just intact but also stronger, more resilient
From the 2008 global financial crisis to the Covid-19 pandemic, outgoing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's 20-year term as head of government was marked by worldshaking crises.
The 72-year-old's leadership gave Singaporeans the confidence to see through each of them while staying united, and he steered the nation to emerge not just intact, but also stronger and more resilient, said President Tharman Shanmugaratnam in a letter to PM Lee on May 13.
This story is from the May 14, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.
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