What is the meaning of Kuan Yew?
What is the meaning of Kuan Yew?
Lee’s parents named him ‘Kuan Yew’, meaning ‘light and brightness’, with an alternate meaning ‘bringing great glory to one’s ancestors’. Lee’s paternal grandfather Lee Hoon Leong, who was described as “especially westernised”, had worked on British ships as a purser, and hence gave Lee the Western name ‘Harry’.
What is Lee Kuan Yew’s ethnicity?
Family background. Lee was a fourth-generation Singaporean of ethnic Chinese ancestry of mostly Hakka and Peranakan descent. His Hakka great-grandfather, Lee Bok Boon, born in 1846, emigrated from Dabu County, Guangdong, China, to Singapore in 1863.
How was Lee Kuan Yew’s body conveyed from Istana to Parliament?
The body of Lee Kuan Yew was conveyed by gun carriage from the Istana to the Parliament House on the morning of 25 March 2015.
What happened to Lee Kuan Yew’s gun carriage?
On 25 March 2015, as the private wake for friends and family of Lee Kuan Yew ended, a ceremonial gun carriage carried the body of Lee Kuan Yew from the Istana to Parliament House. Singaporeans lined up from the gates of parliament house to the Istana.
Who is Lee Kuan Yew’s wife?
Lee was the top scorer in the Senior Cambridge examinations in 1940 across the Straits Settlements and Malaya, gaining the John Anderson scholarship to attend Raffles College. During the prize-awarding ceremony, Lee met his future wife Kwa Geok Choo for the first time, who was the only girl at the school.
Where did Lee Kuan Lee go to school?
In 1930, Lee enrolled at Telok Kurau English School where he spent six years of his primary education. Attending Raffles Institution in 1935, Lee had difficulties keeping up with his studies, but his results improved by Junior A (Secondary 3) and he topped the Junior Cambridge examinations.
