From neighbourhood schoolboy to Prime Minister: A look at Lawrence Wong's rise through the ranks

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From neighbourhood schoolboy to Prime Minister: A look at Lawrence Wong's rise through the ranks

Singapore

Singapore
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    • PM Lawrence Wong arrives in Yew Tee to rousing welcome
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    • Changi Airport launches automated immigration clearance for all travellers
    • SCDF officer who died battling blaze on marine vessel aced many firefighting tests
    • 'Where did this driver get his license?' Car stops along expressway to let ambulance pass, sparks online debate
    • Singaporean with tampered passport arrested at Philippine airport over escorting 'illegal' worker
    • First day in office: PM Lawrence Wong meets Cabinet, calls world leaders

Entertainment

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    • Taylor Swift's boyfriend Travis Kelce making acting debut in horror series Grotesquerie
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    • After decades, Francis Ford Coppola's opus Megalopolis finally debuts at Cannes
    • 'It was a culture shock': Black Eyed Peas' Apl.de.ap on moving from Philippines to US, giving back to homeland

Lifestyle

Lifestyle
    • Pay as you wish: Hawker stall Mun Kee Pig Organ Soup to run 1-day charity campaign for local hospital
    • Lucky Plaza's Jollibee replaced with Kimly food court, has stalls like Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice and Tenderbest
    • Former chef at Takagi Ramen opens own hawker stall selling his rendition of the dish, pumped $40k into business
    • 'Hockey and me'? British tourists try some 'funny-looking noodles' at Chomp Chomp Food Centre
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    • 'I hope it will give them a sense of community care and love': Retiree dubbed 'little red hat' gives free haircuts to elderly and needy

Digicult

Digicult
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    • Sony restructures leadership of key games business
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Money

Money
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    • Daughter of Chinese tycoon snaps up $84 million GCB in Bin Tong Park
    • 'Deluded or what?' 5-room HDB flat in Toa Payoh listed for $2m leaves netizens baffled
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    • Geylang executive unit sold for $1.088m is just $20k shy of estate's all-time-high transaction
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