This is an interesting labelling exercise. The Council for Third Age (C3A) says Singapore defines its Baby Boomer generation as those born between 1947 and 1965 (whereas the World Health Organisation's definition is 1946 to 1964):
Who are the baby boomers and why are they important?
While there is now a more fluid conceptual span for the term "generation" (Generations X and Y; I'll come back to that), if the Baby Boomer generation spanned almost 20 years, then its preceding generation might roughly be those born between 1925 and 1945 (using WHO's benchmark). That would put the oldest of this prewar generation at 88 years old this year (2013) and the youngest at 68. I suppose this is the pioneer generation a la Singapore's terminology.
But it leaves someone like Mr Lee Kuan Yew -- who will be 90 years old next month -- outside the pioneer-generation rubric! Mr Lee and several members of his first Cabinet (be they still alive or since dead) have been described as "founding leaders" and, by extension, they were the pioneer leaders who led a pioneer generation. I suppose one way out is not to be dogmatic and to loosely refer to this pioneer generation in the way the above ST caption did: "Singaporeans in their late 60s and above".
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So, then, the "generation layers" for present-day Singapore would be:
Pioneer Generation
Baby Boomers
Generation X
Generation Y
Generation Z (?)
I found this helpful graphic in an article from an online site called Highbrow Magazine:
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These two links below are also useful in defining the BBs, Xers, and Yers (and even the Zedders):
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Finally, this link below takes a humorous dig at the differences between the BBs and the Yers!...
The 20 Differences Between Baby Boomers and Generation-Y
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