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After the death of Lee Kuan Yew was announced on 23 March 2015, an estimated 447,299 Singaporeans and non-Singaporeans went to the Parliament House of Singapore to pay their respects to Lee Kuan Yew. A tribute site was set up at the Istana, as well as other community clubs around the country for Singaporeans to pen their wishes for the late Lee ...
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.
Lee Wei Ling was the daughter of Lee Kuan Yew and Kwa Geok Choo.She was the younger sister of Lee Hsien Loong and the older sister of Lee Hsien Yang.. Wei Ling enjoyed driving and admitted to speeding on a visit to New Hampshire in 1995; she was pulled over by highway police but was released by the sympathetic officer after discussing the caning of Michael Fay.
On 25 April 2007, he re-appeared in the news when he filed an application seeking court approval to be reinstated as a lawyer. His application was granted on 22 May 2007, making him only the sixth lawyer to be reinstated in the Law Society of Singapore's 35-year history. [52] [53] He later joined the law firm Bernard & Rada Law Corporation. [54]
Lee Kuan Yew (1923–2015) Occasional student after circa 1945 Prime minister (1959–1990) Tharman Shanmugaratnam (born 1957) BSc (Econ) 1981 President (2023–present) Saint Lucia: John Compton (1925–2007) LLB 1952 Premier (1964–1979) Prime minister (February–July 1979; 1982–1996) Taiwan: Yu Kuo-Hwa (1914–2000)
On 26 January 1987, Lee Kuan Yew delivered a parliamentary speech by reading out the suicide note addressed to him, written by Teh. He then revealed for the first time that Teh was being investigated for accepting bribes. [9] Lee stressed that "there is no way a Minister can avoid investigations, and a trial if there is evidence to support one."
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services may seek over $1 billion from Johnson & Johnson as reimbursement for federal health agencies' payments of medical costs for patients who allege that ...
This article was cut and pasted from Reactions to the death of Lee Kuan Yew by someone; old discussions are available at talk:Reactions to the death of Lee Kuan Yew-- 65.94.43.89 04:03, 24 March 2015 (UTC) The old talk is now documented in talk:Death of Lee Kuan Yew/Archive 1-- 65.94.43.89 12:32, 26 March 2015 (UTC)