Only external events can prevent a smooth transition of power in Singapore, Chin said. Lee, 71, is the eldest son of Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, who is widely credited for the country's success. Lee had planned for a leadership transfer before his 70th birthday, but ...
Lee, 72, is the eldest son of Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, who is widely credited with the country's transformation into an industrialized nation. Lee Hsien Loong had planned a leadership transfer before his 70th birth...
FILE - The family members of the late Lee Kuan Yew, Lee Hsien Yang, second left, his wife Lee Suet Fern, left, and Lee Hsien Loong, third left, arrive with his portrait at the state funeral at the University Cultural Center in Singapore on March 29, 2015. The brother of Singapor...
Others expressed interest in whether Wong could speak Hainanese, and how Singapore had thrived “because of these exceptional overseas ethnic Chinese leaders”. The lineage of Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, as well as his son and Wong’s predecessor Lee Hsi...
“I’m all set for my op tomorrow, and so are my surgeon and medical team,” Lee said on his Facebook page, posting a selfie from the hospital bed. Lee is the eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew, the architect of modern Singapore.
"In particular, they allege that PM Lee misled his father, the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew, into thinking that the 38 Oxley Road property had been gazetted by the Singapore government, and that it was futile for Mr Lee Kuan Yew to keep his direction to demolish it," Chang said in her letter...
It added that so far only three distinguished personalities have received these Lifetime Achievement Awards, namely former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, and Sultan Nazrin Shah, Sultan of Perak of Malaysia. Editor...
Lee, 66, has been embroiled in a bitter dispute with his older brother over a house owned by their late father and modern Singapore's founder, Lee Kuan Yew. The frayed relationship has played out publicly with the younger Lee aligning himself with an opposition party durin...
Singapore former PM Lee Kuan Yew passes away File photo taken on Aug. 9, 2014 shows Lee Kuan Yew greeting the audience during the 49th National Day Parade in Singapore. Singapore's former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew died at 3:18 a.m. local time at age of 91 in Singapore, March 23,...
Lee, 71, is the eldest son of Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, who is widely credited for the country's success. Lee had planned for a leadership transfer before his 70th birthday, but had to postpone the move because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...