The following is the family tree of Lee Kuan Yew, first Prime Minister of Singapore as an independent country.
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During his term as Chief Economic Advisor from 1961 to 1984, Dr Winsemius worked closely with Lee Kuan Yew, Goh Keng Swee and later with Goh Chok Tong.
A keen composer, Yan’s composition “SALUTE” was premiered at the National Tribute Dinner for former Senior Minister Mr. Lee Kuan Yew.
This was done out of the Lee Kuan Yew government's belief that for the nation to best develop and avoid hardship, the educated classes should be encouraged to contribute to the nation's breeding pool, while the uneducated should not, sparking the Great Marriage Debate.
DSG's Distinguished Speakers Series has featured guests such as Lee Kuan Yew, Klaus Schwab, Lawrence Summers, John Chambers, David Ellwood, Joseph Nye, Francis Fukuyama, Suad Joseph, Kishore Mahbubani and Bob Graham.
During Lee Kuan Yew's term as prime minister from 1959 to 1990, his administration curbed unemployment, raised the standard of living and implemented a large-scale public housing programme.
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In 1990, Lee Kuan Yew passed the reins to successor Goh Chok Tong, who presented a more open and consultative style of leadership as the country continued to modernise.
There are numerous exhibitions, covering the pre-British period of Malaysian rule, British colonialism, the founding of colonial Singapore by Thomas Stamford Raffles, the Japanese occupation, and the post-colonialist era under Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew .
On the request of community leaders, then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew helped to establish the school in 1963 as Jurong Integrated Secondary School.
When Singapore attained self-government in 1959, the nation's first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew moved it to the Prime Minister's Office.
On September 16, 2003, Prime Minister of Singapore Goh Chok Tong announced the establishment of NUS School of Public Policy, which was named in honour of the nation's first and longest-serving Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew.
The former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew had travelled aboard the Willem Ruys as a fresh graduate upon completing his studies in the United Kingdom.
At the time of his departure, the then Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, wrote him the following farewell letter.
The first one is 0000001I (where it is Yusof bin Ishak), followed by 0000002G (where it is former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew), and then 0000003E (where it is Kwa Geok Choo, deceased 2010).
During a visit to the city in the 60s, Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from 1959 to 1990, was so impressed he expressed his desire for Singapore to develop along similar lines.
The then prime minister Lee Kuan Yew opened the first supermarket at Block 192, Toa Payoh Lorong 4, and it was the first of its kind.
The pro-communists, led by Lim Chin Siong strongly opposed this merger and were challenging the government of Singapore headed by Lee Kuan Yew of the People's Action Party (PAP) in their endeavour to establish a socialist state.
The position of Senior Minister has only been held by four persons -- Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong, who were the first and second Prime Ministers of Singapore respectively; and S. Rajaratnam and S. Jayakumar, who served as Deputy Prime Ministers.
In a 1999 interview with New York Times columnist William Safire, the Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said the idea had first been suggested by the Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, but Goh felt that it was not yet the right time to set it up.
Lee Kuan Yew’s Singapore (London: André Deutsch, 1973; ISBN 978-0-233-96517-8) is a penetrating analysis of the policies and predilections of this controversial leader.
Toh became politically active during his time as a university student in London, when he served as the Chairman of the Malayan Forum, an anti-colonial group for students from Malaya and Singapore (which included two future Prime Ministers of Singapore and Malaysia, Lee Kuan Yew and Tun Abdul Razak) which met regularly for discussions and debates on the future of the Malayan region.
Friday Weekly was launched on the 22 February 1991 by Senior Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew (current Minister Mentor).