singaporeamustbelievethatthebuildingofsingaporeisanexcitingenterprise.forsingaporetosurviveinthelongerterm,wemusthaveacoreofsingaporeawhofeelpaionatelythatthisplaceisworthfightingfor.tosucceed,wemustbeproudofwhoweare,ofourcountryandourfellowcitize.wemustfeelthattogether,wehavecreatedsomethingpreciousthatbelongstoallsingaporea.
throughoutworldhistory,nocountryhasremainedrichforever.countriesgothroughacyclewheretheyarepoor,growproerousandpowerful,thenstarttodecline.
wehavebecomerichinonegeneration-amiracleperha-buttooquicklyandhencenotdeep-rootedenough.willwedeclineinthenextgeneration?mycolleaguesandiaredeterminedthatwewillnot.butweneedthiscoreofsingaporeawhofeelpaionatelyaboutourcountry.weneedyoursuort.inthisclimbupthemountainofeconomicdevelopment,wewillequipyoutotacklethenextotacleandtotryforthesummit.butweneedalsotopullourslowercolleaguesalong,sothattheytoocangohigher.
ifwehavethecouragetoconfrontproblemsiteadofskirtingthem,ifwearepreparedtoenduretemporaryhardshi,andifwecanadapttochange,wecancontinuetodobetter.thisnewsingapore-aglobalcitywithastrongsocialcompact-isthemounteverestwemustachieve.wemustsucceed,sothatourchildrencanfacetomorrowwithoptimismandconfidence.