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PM Wong has addressed some of the key challenges that the country faces, but some issues will be hard to resolve.

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PM Lawrence Wong has addressed some of the key challenges that the country faces in his National Day Rally speech, but some issues will be hard to resolve.

PM Lawrence Wong has addressed some of the key challenges that the country faces in his National Day Rally speech, but some issues will be hard to resolve.

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Whatever people’s expectations of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s maiden

National Day Rally speech on Aug 18

, most post-rally comments in both the mainstream and social media suggest they have been exceeded.

Just over three months into his new job, PM Wong spelt out

his vision for “a refreshed Singapore Dream”

with confidence and conviction, as well as humility, peppering his ideas with vivid anecdotes, examples and even humour.

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