Lee Kuan Yew Also found in:Acronyms,Encyclopedia,Wikipedia. (lē′ kwän′ yo͞o′)1923-2015. Singaporean politician. He helped negotiate his country's independence from Britain (1959-1963) and served as the first prime minister of the autonomous state (1959-1963) and the independent Republi...
Lee is the eldest son of Singapore's first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew. Lee graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, as Senior Wrangler - the top mathematics undergraduate in 1974, and gaining a Diploma in Computer Science with distinction as well. He later earned a Master of ...
Rest in peace Lee Kuan Yew. P.S At the latest Berkshire Hathaway meeting, in April 1th 2015, Munger said this about LKY’s death: I’m going to commit a bust somewhere of Lee Kuan Yew, and stick it somewhere important. That is the most important governmental leader, that is th...
India also witnessed the striking down of a section of law that restricted free speech via electronic communication, but in the same year 16-year old Amos Yee of Singapore was arrested for uploading a video to YouTube that insulted the countries' late Lee Kuan Yew. 印度还驳回了一条限制电子...
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Lee Kuan Yew (lē′ kwän′ yo͞o′)1923-2015. Singaporean politician. He helped negotiate his country's independence from Britain (1959-1963) and served as the first prime minister of the autonomous state (1959-1963) and the independent Republic of Singapore (1965-1990). ...
Lee Kuan You)Also found in: Encyclopedia. Lee Kuan Yew (lē′ kwän′ yo͞o′) 1923-2015. Singaporean politician. He helped negotiate his country's independence from Britain (1959-1963) and served as the first prime minister of the autonomous state (1959-1963) and the independent ...
Lee Kuan Yew (redirected fromLee Kan You) Encyclopedia Lee Kuan Yew (lē′ kwän′ yo͞o′)1923-2015. Singaporean politician. He helped negotiate his country's independence from Britain (1959-1963) and served as the first prime minister of the autonomous state (1959-1963) and the indepen...
Lee Kuan Yew (redirected fromLee quan yu) Encyclopedia Lee Kuan Yew (lē′ kwän′ yo͞o′)1923-2015. Singaporean politician. He helped negotiate his country's independence from Britain (1959-1963) and served as the first prime minister of the autonomous state (1959-1963) and the indepen...