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Singapore has celebrated its birthday. It became an country on August 8th, 1965. The point of the celebrations was the largest fireworks ever seen in Singapore. Thousands of gathered in the . The country has been counting down New Year's Eve. There have been hundreds of to mark the fifty-year birthday. Singapore's Prime Minister gave a special to the nation. He said: "The journey ahead is uncharted. But we must press on, because we aspire to do for ourselves and our children."

Singapore has come a long in the fifty years. It became from Britain when it was thrown out of the Federation of Malaysia. It was very poor then but the leadership of founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew made Singapore . He died earlier this . There was an empty for him at the parade. Singapore is the fourth most important global centre. It is the world's second busiest . A woman said she felt sad that Mr Lee did not live long enough to see the . She said: "We definitely feel that something is missing this year."

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