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Mar 24, 2015 · 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. A memory would...
This eulogy by Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was delivered at the funeral service of his wife, Kwa Geok Choo, at a private ceremony at Mandai Crematorium on Wednesday.
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 .
Mar 11, 2021 · Kwa Geok Choo was a stellar student who topped the whole of Malaya in the 1936 Senior Cambridge examination. Then 16 years old, she joined a special class at Raffles Institution for students competing for the prestigious Queen’s Scholarship; she was the only girl in the boys’ school.
Oct 2, 2010 · SINGAPORE (AP) — Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, who described her as his tower of strength, and mother of the city-state's current prime minister, died Saturday. She was 89.
"Without her, I would be a different man, with a different life", the late founding prime minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew said in his eulogy for his wife Kwa Geok Choo at her funeral...
Oct 6, 2010 · The late Kwa Geok Choo, wife of Singapore’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, made her final voyage on a ceremonial gun carriage to her funeral service as Singaporeans gathered to mourn...
