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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.
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 ...
Chua and Lee had five children, four sons and a daughter, her first-born was Lee Kuan Yew who went on to become the first Prime Minister of Singapore. [3] [4] Chua saved her family jewelry and money, managing household finances and helping Kuan Yew attend law school in Britain. [3]
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 Hsien Yang and Lee Wei Ling were also made the legal executors of the estate of Lee Kuan Yew. After Lee Kuan Yew's death, the will was read in April 2015. Lee Kuan Yew's estate was divided equally among the three siblings, the Oxley house was inherited by his eldest son, with a clause for Lee Wei Ling to stay in it for as long as she desires.
Lee Kuan Yew 1923–2015: 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 ...
The reason Singapore got kicked out, was that then governor, and ethnic Chinese, Lee Kuan Yew did not agree with the racially discriminating policies put in place by the mostly Malay government.
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.