Lee family (Singapore)

Lee family
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Singaporean political family
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The Lee family ([lì]; Chinese: 李; pinyin: Lǐ) is a political family in Singapore, with members prominent in Singaporean politics, public service, law, business and academia. Lee Kuan Yew served as the first prime minister of Singapore and his eldest son Lee Hsien Loong served as the third prime minister.

Family tree

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Family tree of Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Bok Boon
1846–1920		Seow Huan Neo
1850–c. 1931
Lee Hoon Leong
1871–1942		Ko Liem Nio
1883–1959
Lee Chin Koon
1903–1997[2]		Chua Jim Neo
1907–1980
Lee Kuan Yew
1923–2015		Kwa Geok Choo
1920–2010		Dennis Lee Kim Yew
1925–2003[3]		Gloria Lee (Woo) Sau Yin
1926–2023[4]		Freddy Lee Thiam Yew
1927–2012[5]		Eleanor Ngo Puay Chin[4]Monica Lee Kim Mon
b. 1929 or 1930[6]		George Chan Chor Cheung[4]Dr Lee Suan Yew
b. 1933[7]		Pamela Chong[4]
Wong Ming Yang
1951–1982[8]		Lee Hsien Loong
b. 1952		Ho Ching
b. 1953		Lee Wei Ling
1955–2024		Lee Hsien Yang
b. 1957		Lim Suet Fern
b. 1958[9]
Li Xiuqi
b. 1981[10]		Li Yipeng
b. 1982[10]		Li Hongyi
b. 1987[10]		Li Haoyi
b. 1989[10]		Li Shengwu
b. 1985[10]		Li Huanwu
b. 1986[10]		Li Shaowu
b. 1995[10]

Government offices held

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Ho Ching: Wife of Lee Hsien Loong; Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Holdings, 2004–2021[11]

38 Oxley Road dispute

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These paragraphs are an excerpt from 38 Oxley Road.[edit]

38 Oxley Road is an eight-bedroom two-storey bungalow located near Orchard Road, Singapore. The house was built in the late 19th century and was the residence of the first prime minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, from the 1940s until his death in 2015.[12] The first meeting of the People's Action Party (PAP) occurred in the basement.[12]

In 2017, it became central to a dispute in Singapore among Lee's children, Lee Hsien Loong, Lee Hsien Yang and Lee Wei Ling, over its use and demolition. Lee Kuan Yew had originally willed the house to Lee Hsien Loong, who later sold it to Lee Hsien Yang in 2015 at market price, on the condition that both of them would donate half of the value to charity.[13]

Lee's will included a condition that his daughter Lee Wei Ling be allowed to stay there. She died on 9 October 2024, opening a range of plausible options for the house as set out by the Ministerial Committee in 2018. The options are to (i) retain the property by gazetting it as a National Monument or for conservation; (ii) retain the dining room and demolish the rest of the property; or (iii) allow the property to be demolished fully and allow for the site to be redeveloped.

Relation to other prominent families

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Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of Lee Kuan Yew, is the daughter of Wee Yew Neo,[14][15] who is in turn the sister of Helene Tan, wife of Tan Chin Tuan.[16][17] The Tan's are another prominent family in Singapore, whose members include Tony Tan, the 7th President of Singapore, Tan Kim Seng, a Peranakan businessman, and Mr and Mrs Tan Eng Sian, who the College of Alice and Peter Tan are named after.[18][19]

References

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  1. ^ "Shengwu Li | Department of Economics". Harvard University. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  2. ^ Chua, Alivin. "Lee Chin Koon". Singapore Infopedia.
  3. ^ "Kuan Yew's brother Dennis dies". Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d "Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore, and his family, 1989 – BookSG". National Library Board, Singapore. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Lee Kuan Yew bids farewell to brother". Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  6. ^ "The Lee Kuan Yew I remember: His sister Monica Lee, 85". Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  7. ^ Lee Kuan Yew (1998). The Singapore Story. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish.
  8. ^ Chua, Mui Hoong (19 October 2003). "From the archives: Private side of DPM Lee". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  9. ^ Wong, Chun Han (14 July 2017). "Singapore, a Model of Orderly Rule, Is Jolted by a Bitter Family Feud". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g Stolarchuk, Jewel (4 October 2020). "Rare interview: Li Shengwu felt like the first grandson to Mr and Mrs Lee". The Independent Singapore. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Leadership Transition at Temasek Holdings: Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara to be appointed Executive Director & CEO with effect from 1 October 2021". 9 February 2021.
  12. ^ a b Tan, Judith (27 March 2015). "Modest home rich memories". The New Paper. Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  13. ^ Ng, Kelly (April 2017). "Deal made to sell house for S$1 to appease siblings". TODAYonline.
  14. ^ "Great Peranakans: Fifty Remarkable Lives" (PDF). National Heritage Board. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  15. ^ "FROM LEFT, ZURIANA AND ORCHID KAMARIAH, DAUGHTERS OF …". www.nas.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  16. ^ "View of service at Bethesda (Katong) Church at junction of …". www.nas.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  17. ^ "FASHIONABLE WEDDING". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  18. ^ "A place in the sun for key Singaporeans?". www.asiaone.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  19. ^ Hermes (10 February 2019). "Shedding light on life and legacy of Peranakan pioneer Tan Kim Seng | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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