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LEE KUAN YEW — 10TH ANNIVERSARY
LKY Legacy in Fond Remembrance
Lee Kuan Yew directly influenced, shaped and molded my life through the social, political and economic transformation of a Third World Singapore into the “First World” nation par none; characterized by economic prosperity, law and order, national security, housing for all, world-class education and full employment with social justice.
He was my Prime Minister from 1959 to 1990, and stayed in the government as Minister Mentor till 2011, and was thereafter appointed Senior Advisor to the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation.
Lee Kuan Yew died on 23 March 2015 at 91 years old.
Today, I fondly remember the 10th Anniversary of his death with the following Tributes: