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Minor Issues: Reflections on Singapore’s 60th birthday
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When we think about Singapore, we think about the stories that have made up the 60 years of independence.
ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO
Michael Han
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SINGAPORE – About one month has passed since we celebrated our 60th year of nation-building. One of the highlights was the many National Day Parade attendees who held up placards with the opening phrase, “I want to ___”.
One enthused participant wrote: I want to make my country and my family proud. Another read: I want to get A1s. A child expressed this undaunted hope: I want to have world peace.
