Lee kuan yew born in china
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Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew has been widely praised since he passed away on Monday. Present and former leaders of the US and European countries described Lee as an extraordinary statesman, a rare triumph for the head of a small country.
Lee gained the fame primarily for his achievements in governing the country as he led Singapore into the ranks of developed countries in just one generation. Even if some don't approve of his style of rule, it is indisputably true that the income of Singaporeans has risen to or even surpassed that of many developed countries.
What else can better prove the success of a government?
However, Lee' prestige was not totally built on his commendable contributions to Singapore. Lee was also a sophisticated geopolitical player.
Lee was born to a Chinese family, but his study of law in the UK enabled him to understand the British system and he was labeled as a "banana" - with yellow skin but vit inside - by some.
He participated in wor
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Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew; 16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporeanstatesman who served as the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from 5 June 1959 to 28 November 1990. He had also served as the second Senior Minister from 28 November 1990 to 12 August 2004 and Minister Mentor from 12 August 2004 until his retirement from the executive branch of government on 21 May 2011.[2][3]
Lee was born in Singapore during British colonial rule, which was part of the Straits Settlements. He had top grades in his early education, gaining a scholarship and admission to Raffles College. During the Japanese occupation, Lee worked in private companies and as an administration service officer for the propaganda office. After the war, Lee first attended the London School of Economics, but transferred to Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, graduating with starred-first-class honours in la
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Lee Kuan Yew: Life in pictures
Lee was critical of what he saw as the overly liberal approach of the US and the West in general, saying it had "come at the expense of orderly society.
"In the East the main object is to have a well-ordered society so that everybody can have maximum enjoyment of his freedoms. This freedom can only exist in an ordered state and not in a natural state of contention and anarchy," he said in an interview with Foreign Affairs in 1994. He made no secret of the fact that he wanted the PAP to hold onto power.
In 1981 Joshua Benjamin (known as JB) Jeyaretnam - leader of the Workers' Party - won the first ever opposition seat in Singapore. Furious with Jeyaretnam's criticisms of his handling of Singapore, Lee brought repeated defamation lawsuits against him and in 2001 he was declared bankrupt, meaning he could not hold office and was reduced to selling his book on the street to pay his debts. He died in 2008.