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Singapore's new prime minister Lawrence Wong vowed to make "tomorrow better than today" as he took his oath of office on Wednesday in a carefully planned political succession designed to ensure stability in the Asian financial hub. A US-trained economist, Mr Wong, 51, succeeds Lee Hsien Loong, 72, who stepped down after two decades. He is the city-state's fourth leader and the first born after Singapore's independence in 1965. Advertisement Mr Lee's departure marked the end of a family dynasty led by his father Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first leader, who built the colonial trading outpost into one of the…
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