Singaporeans celebrate their 39th National Day at the Singapore National Stadium.
Singaporeans celebrate their 39th National Day at the Singapore National Stadium August 9, 2004. Singapore's economy should grow 8-9 percent in 2004 after expanding 10 percent in the first six months, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Sunday, revising the government's full-year forecast for a third time this year. Goh hands over the top job to his deputy Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday in Singapore's second transition of power since independence in 1965. REUTERS/Luis Enrique Ascui LA/TW