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Kwa Geok Choo (Chinese: 柯玉芝; pinyin: Kē Yùzhī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koa Gio̍k-tsi; 21 December 1920 – 2 October 2010) [3] was a Singaporean lawyer. She was the wife of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding Prime Minister of Singapore and the mother of Lee Hsien Loong, Lee Hsien Yang, and Lee Wei Ling.
Additionally, the Tanjong Pagar Community Club set up a "get well corner" for residents to write messages and leave flowers and cards for Lee Kuan Yew. 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 ...
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.
Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of Lee Kuan Yew, is the daughter of Wee Yew Neo, [10] [11] who is in turn the sister of Helene Tan, wife of Tan Chin Tuan. [12] [13] 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 Sian, who the College of Alice and Peter Tan are named after.
At a press conference on 20 May 1996, HPL's Thio Gim Hock revealed that Lee Kuan Yew's wife Kwa Geok Choo had been present at Nassim Jade's pre-launch on 13 April 1995. [9] 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.
In 2011, he received a complimentary letters from Lee Kuan Yew and Lee Hsien Loong for his work on Lee's late wife, Kwa Geok Choo — In Memory of Kwa Geok Choo (1921-2010), which according to Chua "is even better than the Cultural Medallion award". [3] In 2013, Chua illustrated former president S. R. Nathan's 50 Stories From My Life. [1]
“Lee Kuan Yew had the best record as a nation builder," Munger explained. "He had the probably the best grade record that ever existed in the history of the world. He took over a malarial swamp ...
Teh denied the accusations and even convinced the CPIB director to drop the case. After hearing about the case, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew ordered a secret investigation into the double allegations of bribery. After sufficient evidence was gathered, Lee approved the request for an open investigation on 28 November 1986.