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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, 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 ...
Kwa Geok Choo (1920–2010), wife to Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew; Alfred Tristram Lawrence, 1st Baron Trevethin (1843-1936), British barrister, judge and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (1921-1922). Sir John Leach (1760-1834), English judge and Master of the Rolls.
Kwa Geok Choo - Wife of Lee Kuan Yew; Dennis Lee Kim Yew - Lee Kuan Yew's brother; E. W. Barker - Former Minister of Law; Chua Sian Chin - Former Minister of Health; S. Ramaswamy - Former Member of Parliament; Andrew Ang - Former Supreme Court Justice; Christopher de Souza - Deputy Speaker and Member of Parliament [6]
[b] During the prize-awarding ceremony, Lee met his future wife Kwa Geok Choo; she was the only girl at the school. [34] His subsequent university studies at Raffles College were disrupted by the onset of World War II in Asia, with the school being converted into a medical facility in 1941.
Stefanie Sun revealed that her proudest moments as a singer was when she sang Kwa Geok Choo’s favorite song. Kwa was the wife of Singapore's former prime minister. She also sang Lee Kuan Yew’s favorite, entitled "Que Sera Sera", at the Business China Awards in 2011, not long after her demise. The song had moved Mr Lee, a person whom Sun had ...
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 ...
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]