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Mar 22, 2015 · Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015), seen in 1969. Michael Stroud—Getty Images The General Secretary of People's Action Party of Singapore and the new Prime Minister Lee...
Mar 22, 2015 · SINGAPORE — Lee Kuan Yew, who transformed the tiny outpost of Singapore into one of Asia’s wealthiest and least corrupt countries as its founding father and first prime minister, died here on...
Mar 22, 2015 · Lee Kuan Yew transformed the tiny island of Singapore into a globally known economic success story but was criticised for his record on human rights.
Death and state funeral of Lee Kuan Yew. Clockwise from top left: Lee Kuan Yew in 2011, floral tributes of Kuan Yew outside High Street Centre opposite of Singapore's Parliament House, Lee Kuan Yew at the White House in 1975, and the Flag of Singapore at half-mast shortly after his death. Date.
Mar 22, 2015 · The founder of Singapore died on March 23rd, aged 91. Mar 22nd 2015. THERE was no vainglory in the title of the first volume of Lee Kuan Yew’s memoirs: “The Singapore Story”. Few leaders have...
Jan 19, 2016 · SINGAPORE - Singapore's founding father, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, has died, leaving behind the unlikely nation that he and his colleagues fostered and built over five decades as his lasting legacy....
Mar 23, 2015 · World Mar 23, 2015 12:59 PM EDT. As your plane touches down at Singapore’s sparkling airport (or even before if you are flying the wonderful Singapore Airlines), you see and feel the influence of...
Mar 22, 2015 · Lee Kuan Yew, the statesman who transformed Singapore from a small port city into a wealthy global hub, has died at the age of 91. The city-state's prime minister for 31 years, he was widely...
SINGAPORE (March 23): Lee Kuan Yew, a towering figure in post-colonial Asia, oversaw tiny Singapore's transformation from British tropical outpost to an affluent, global city in just over a generation, setting the example for developing economies from China to Dubai.
He died of pneumonia on 23 March 2015, at the age of 91. In a week of national mourning, about 1.7 million residents and world leaders paid tribute to him at his lying-in-state at Parliament House and community tribute sites.
