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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.
Kwa Geok Choo 1920–2010: Dennis Lee Kim Yew 1925–2003 [2] Gloria Lee (Woo) Sau Yin 1926–2023 [3] Freddy Lee Thiam Yew 1927–2012 [4] Eleanor Ngo Puay Chin [3] Monica Lee Kim Mon b. 1929 or 1930 [5] George Chan Chor Cheung [3] Dr Lee Suan Yew b. 1933 [6] Pamela Chong [3] Wong Ming Yang 1951–1982 [7] Lee Hsien Loong b. 1952: Ho Ching b ...
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 ...
Lee & Lee is a Singaporean law firm founded by Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, his wife Kwa Geok Choo, and his brother Dennis Lee Kim Yew. History
[404] [405] His wife Kwa Geok Choo, died on 2 October 2010, at the age of 89. Lee had variously described himself as an agnostic [ 406 ] and a "nominal Buddhist". [ 407 ] He also mentioned that he was brought up in a family which practiced Chinese ancestor worship but stopped after his father passed away, [ 406 ] and that he "neither [denies ...
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.
(L–R) Yong, Kwa Geok Choo, and Lee Kuan Yew at River Cam in Cambridge, 1949. While in Cambridge, he developed close friendships with Lee Kuan Yew and Kwa Geok Choo. [4] Yong was made an Exhibitioner and an Associate Fellow in his college years. In 1949, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in law, and qualified as an Inner Temple lawyer in ...
Kwa Geok Choo: 柯玉芝: 21 December 1920: 2 October 2010: Lawyer Kwek Leng Beng: 郭令明 Businessman Desmond Kuek Bak Chye: 郭木财: 28 August 1963 Chief executive officer of SMRT Corporation: Aaron Lee 1972 Writer Lee Boon Yang: 李文献: 1 October 1947 Veterinarian, politician Lee Choon Seng: 李俊承: 1888: 5 June 1966: Businessman ...