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Kwa Geok Choo (Chinese: 柯玉芝; pinyin: Kē Yùzhī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koa Gio̍k-tsi; 21 December 1920 – 2 October 2010) 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.
Mar 11, 2021 · Kwa Geok Choo was a lawyer, co-founder of Lee & Lee, and the wife of Singapore's first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew. She was the first woman in Malaya to get a first class honours law degree and helped draft the PAP Constitution and water supply provisions.
Jan 20, 2016 · But nothing seemed to comfort Mr Lee in the days after Madam Kwa Geok Choo, his wife of 63 years, his best friend and confidante, died on Oct 2, 2010. He slept erratically.
- Her intelligence was phenomenal. At 16 years old, Mdm Kwa topped the whole of Malaya in the 1936 Senior Cambridge examination. Mdm Kwa then became the only girl to enrol in Raffles Institution.
- She made groundbreaking achievements beyond her studies. Mdm Kwa was one out of only three women called to bar in London in 1950, along with five other Malayan law students which included her husband.
- She supported Mr Lee as a loving wife and a wise advisor. Even before Mr Lee founded the People’s Action Party (PAP), Mdm Kwa was already assisting him with his work.
- She had great foresight. The late Mr Lee Kuan Yew spoke of Mdm Kwa’s foresight in his touching eulogy to her, She had an uncanny ability to read the character of a person.
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May 19, 2022 · A monologue by Tan Rui Shan tells the story of the late Mrs Lee Kuan Yew, a lawyer, political wife and mother of two prime ministers. The play, directed by Goh Boon Teck, runs from Jul 8 to 31 at the Victoria Theatre.
Mar 26, 2015 · Lee Kuan Yew (left) and his wife, Kwa Geok Choo (centre), attends a dinner at the Foreign Correspondents' Club. Photo: Benson Lo. Kwa's health slowly deteriorated after 2003 following a number...
