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Goh Chok Tong

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Goh Chok Tong, 1941–, prime minister of Singapore Singapore (sĭng`gəpôr, sĭng`ə–, sĭng'gəpôr`)
..... Click the link for more information.  (1990–2004). After holding government and business positions, he was elected to Singapore's parliament in 1976 and served in the cabinet and People's Action party leadership from 1979. In 1985 he became minister of defense and deputy prime minister, and five years later he succeeded Lee Kuan Yew Lee Kuan Yew (lē kwän y
..... Click the link for more information.  as prime minister. Less authoritarian than Lee, Goh saw Singapore through the 1997 Asian financial crisis and the turmoil attending the 2003–3 SARS SARS or severe acute respiratory syndrome, communicable viral disease that can progress to a potentially fatal pneumonia. The first symptoms of SARS are usually a high fever, headache and body aches, sore throat, and mild respiratory symptoms;
..... Click the link for more information.  outbreak. He was succeeded by Lee Hsien Loong, his predecessor's son, and became Senior Minister after resigning as prime minister.
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Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong became the first Singaporean leader to visit the occupied Palestinian territories when he went to Ramallah on May 21.
Six months after the tsunami, still picking up the pieces in Aceh by Gee, John / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Secretary to the President for Economic Affairs Tel: (02) 770-0090 Fax: (02) 770-0551 Jeon Yun-churl Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance and Economy Tel: (02) 503-9032 Fax: (02) 503-9033 SINGAPORE GOH Chok Tong Prime Minister Tel: (65) 6235-8577 Fax: (65) 6732-4627 Tony TAN Keng Yam Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Defense Tel: (65) 6768-2152 LEE Hsien Loong Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Tel: (65) 6332-7200 Fax: (65) 6732-4627 S.
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Tay's "Towards a Singaporean Civil Society," which elaborates on a recently stated theme of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong.
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