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Singapore’s Wong dishes fresh handouts in first major speech
To survive, Singapore needs a government that is both “prudent and bold,” the premier said, evoking the nation’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan ...
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The National University of Singapore Postgraduate by Coursework Fair Returns in 2024, Offering a Wealth of Programmes and Expert Insights
The NUS Postgraduate by Coursework Fair 2024 showcases a diverse array of postgraduate coursework programmes featuring expert-led information sessions, interactive booths for in-person attendees ...
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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) [3] 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. [4]
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 · The Straits Times remembers the former prime minister and his wife Kwa Geok Choo, who died in 2010 after 63 years of marriage. The article describes how Mr Lee coped with his loss, his daily routine, his health issues and his public engagements.
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.
- Sharon Salim
Feb 14, 2020 · Learn how the late Singapore Prime Minister and his wife, who was also a lawyer, met, married and supported each other through various challenges. Read about their academic rivalry, secret wedding, and Mr Lee's grief after her death.
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...
Mar 23, 2015 · Madam Kwa Geok Choo and Mr Lee Kuan Yew were often seen as inseparable. But the Singapore public found out just how much she meant to him only when he published his memoirs in 1999 — telling all...