LKY Legacy, Vision and Passion — Tributes
Lee Kuan Yew (1923–2015)
FROM THIRD WORLD TO FIRST, AND BEYOND
Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) was born on 16 September 1923.
Over the past decades, world leaders, corporate CEOs, scholars and journalists have made the pilgrimage to Singapore to seek his views. US presidents from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama have welcomed him to the White House; British prime ministers from Margaret Thatcher to Tony Blair have recognized his wisdom; and business leaders from Rupert Murdoch to Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil, have praised his accomplishments.
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 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.
Lee Kuan Yew died on 23 March 2015 at 91 years old.
