"My mission is clear: to ensure that Singapore thrives and grows after Mr. Lee Kuan Yew; to find a new group of men and women to help me carry on where he and his colleagues left off; and to build a nation of character and grace where people can live lives of dignity and fulfillment, and care for one another."
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Inaugural address, November 2004. — "PM Goh's address to the nation," Straits Times, 29 November 1990.
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Goh Chok Tong
Goh Chok Tong (born 20 May 1941) was the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from November 28, 1990 to August 12, 2004. He is currently Senior Minister of Singapore, and has been the secretary-general of the People's Action Party since 1992. He is also the chairman of the central bank of Singapore, the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
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