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Kwa Geok Choo (Chinese: 柯玉芝; pinyin: Kē Yùzhī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koa Gio̍k-tsi; 21 December 1920 – 2 October 2010) was a Singaporean lawyer. She was the wife of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding Prime Minister of Singapore and the mother of Lee Hsien Loong, Lee Hsien Yang, and Lee Wei Ling.
Mar 11, 2021 · Kwa Geok Choo was a stellar student who topped the whole of Malaya in the 1936 Senior Cambridge examination. Then 16 years old, she joined a special class at Raffles Institution for students competing for the prestigious Queen’s Scholarship; she was the only girl in the boys’ school.
Mar 26, 2015 · Lee Kuan Yew (left) and his wife, Kwa Geok Choo (centre), attends a dinner at the Foreign Correspondents' Club. Photo: Benson Lo. Kwa's health slowly deteriorated after 2003 following a...
May 19, 2022 · She was the wife of one prime minister in Singapore, and the mother of another. Now, the life story of Kwa Geok Choo will be told in Toy Factory Productions’ eponymous monologue performed by Tan...
Jan 20, 2016 · But nothing seemed to comfort Mr Lee in the days after Madam Kwa Geok Choo, his wife of 63 years, his best friend and confidante, died on Oct 2, 2010. He slept erratically.
Oct 5, 2010 · Madam Kwa passed away peacefully in her home on Saturday, October 2, 2010, at the age of 89. She was the wife of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of modern Singapore, and the mother of Lee Hsien Loong, the current prime minister.
Oct 2, 2010 · SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The wife of Singapore's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, has died at age 89, the Prime Minister's Office said on Saturday. Kwa Geok Choo, who had been bedridden for...
Feb 14, 2019 · From school rivals to secret lovers, Mr Lee Kuan Yew & Mdm Kwa Geok Choo were each other's equals in every way. They spent 63 years together, in sickness & in health, eventually birthing our...
Oct 2, 2010 · Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, died today at 5:40 p.m., aged 89, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office. A private funeral will take...
Who was Kwa Geok Choo, really? The new monologue by Toy Factory Productions explores the perspectives and personal stories of the woman arguably better known as Mrs Lee Kuan Yew, say director Goh Boon Teck and playwright Ovidia Yu. 07.13.2022 by Zara Zhuang.
