Singapore lee kuan yew biography memoirs

1. Historical Background of the Leader

Lee Kuan Yew was born a British subject in at Kampong Java Road Singapore on September 16, 1923.

Singapore lee kuan yew biography memoirs

He was born to Lee Chin Koon, an English-educated and a British subject, and Chua Jim Neo. He had three brothers and a sister namely, Dennis Lee, who was able to put up a law firm with Lee Kuan Yew called Lee & Lee, Freddy Lee, a stockbroker, Lee Suan Yew, who read medicine at the University of Cambridge, and Monica Lee.

Lee Kuan Yew got married to Kwa Geok Choo on September 30, 1950. They had two sons, Lee Hsien Loong, who became a Prime Minister in Singapore, and Lee Hsien Yang, who was a former President and Chief Executive Officer of SingTel.

They also had a daughter named Lee Wei Ling, who runs the National Neuroscience Institute.

He first studied at Telok Kurau Primary School, which he perceived as a school whose primary students were poor and not as bright and advantaged.

He moved to Raffles Institution, where he was chall