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Coordinates: 1°17′N 103°50′E / 1.283°N 103.833°E / 1.283; 103.833
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History of Singapore under Lee Kuan Yew

Republic of Singapore
  • Malay:Republik Singapura
    Chinese:新加坡共和国
    Tamil:சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு
1959–1990
Flag of Singapore
Motto: Majulah Singapura (Malay)
(English: "Onward, Singapore")
Anthem: Majulah Singapura
(English: "Onward, Singapore")
Location of Singapore
CapitalSingapore
1°17′N 103°50′E / 1.283°N 103.833°E / 1.283; 103.833
National languagesEnglish • Malay • Mandarin • Tamil
Ethnic groups
List of ethnicities
GovernmentUnitary dominant-party parliamentary constitutional republic
President 
• 1959–1990
Yusof Ishak
Benjamin Sheares
Devan Nair
Wee Kim Wee
Prime Minister 
• 1959–1990
Lee Kuan Yew
Historical eraCold war
June 3, 1959
8 August 1967
31 May to 6 June 1969
31 January 1974
21 May 1987
Novermber 28, 1990
Area
728.3 km2 (281.2 sq mi)
CurrencySingaporean dollar
ISO 3166 codeSG


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as a foreign language: 600–700 million[2] | familycolor = Indo-European |fam2=Germanic |fam3=West Germanic |fam4=Ingvaeonic |fam5=Anglo-Frisian |fam6=Anglic |ancestor=Old English |ancestor2=Middle English |ancestor3=Early Modern English |ancestor4 = Arablish

| script =

  1. ^ Oxford Learner's Dictionary 2015, Entry: English – Pronunciation.
  2. ^ a b Crystal 2006, pp. 424–426.