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Lee Kuan Yew GCMG CH SPMJ DK (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew; 16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean statesman, politician, and lawyer who served as the Minister Mentor between 2004 to 2011, Senior Minister between 1990 to 2004 and first prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990.
SG Rank Name Net worth ()Source of wealth 1: Li Xiting: 15.1 billion: Mindray: 2: Goh Cheng Liang: 12.7 billion: Nippon Paint: 3: Philip Ng: 7.2 billion: Far East Organization
Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of Lee Kuan Yew, is the daughter of Wee Yew Neo, [14] [15] who is in turn the sister of Helene Tan, wife of Tan Chin Tuan. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The Tan's are another prominent family in Singapore, whose members include Tony Tan , the 7th President of Singapore , Tan Kim Seng , a Peranakan businessman, and Mr and Mrs Tan Eng ...
As Lee Kuan Yew had promised a decade ago, Lee Ek Tieng and nine other civil servants [a] were each presented with a solid gold medal worth around S$1,000. [6] Lee Kuan Yew later remarked in his memoirs: "There would have been no clean and green Singapore without Lee Ek Tieng." [12]
Lee is the younger son and youngest child of Lee Kuan Yew, former prime minister of Singapore, and Kwa Geok Choo, a lawyer. His elder brother, Lee Hsien Loong, is the former prime minister. His elder sister, Lee Wei Ling, was a former director of the National Neuroscience Institute. [4]
38 Oxley Road is an eight-bedroom two-storey bungalow located near Orchard Road, Singapore.The house was built in the late 19th century and was the residence of the first prime minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, from the 1940s until his death in 2015. [1]
Having been invited to the pre-launch by Lee's brother Suan Yew, Kwa purchased a unit on Lee's behalf on the same day. [9] [10] On the other hand, in accordance with company policy on interactions with government officials, [11] neither Lee Kuan Yew nor Lee Hsien Loong had been invited to the pre-launch. [12]
The office of prime minister succeeded the office of chief minister in 1959 after Singapore had attained self-governance from the United Kingdom, as the State of Singapore, [2] [3] with Lee Kuan Yew being sworn in as the first prime minister on 5 June 1959.