Hakka Singaporeans: Lee Kuan Yew, Fann Wong, Lee Hsien Loong, Howe Yoon Chong, Lai Kew Chai, Yong Pung How, Josephine Teo Li Min, Nat Ho

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 132. Not illustrated. Chapters: Lee Kuan Yew, Fann Wong, Lee Hsien Loong, Howe Yoon Chong, Lai Kew Chai, Yong Pung How, Josephine Teo Li Min, Nat Ho, Elizabeth Choy, Adrian Pang, Gregory Yong, Xie Shaoguang, Felicia Chin, Hon Sui Sen, Lee Hsien Yang, Li Hongyi, Marcus Chin, Chong You Fook Charles, Kenneth Lyen, Michelle Chong, Hu Tsu Tau Richard, Aw Boon Haw, Aw Boon Par, Wong Li-Lin, Lam Pin Min, Yong Nyuk Lin, Lee Shih Shiong, Lee Yi Shyan, Huang Qixiang. Excerpt: Lee Kuan Yew, GCMG, Honorary CH (Christian name: Harry, Chinese: pinyin: L Gungyao; POJ: Li Kong-iu; born 16 September 1923; also Lee Kwan-Yew) is a Singaporean statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, from 1959 to 1990. As co-founder and first secretary-general of the People's Action Party (PAP), he led the party to a landslide victory in 1959, oversaw the separation of Singapore from the Federation of Malaysia in 1965 and its subsequent transformation from a relatively underdeveloped colonial outpost with no natural resources into a First World, Asian Tiger. He has remained one of the most influential political figures in South-East Asia. Under the administration of Singapore's second prime minister, Goh Chok Tong, he served as Senior Minister. He currently holds the post of Minister Mentor, a post created when his son, Lee Hsien Loong, became the nation's third prime minister on 12 August 2004. In his memoirs, Lee refers to his immigrant background as a fourth-generation Chinese Singaporean: his Hakka great-grandfather, Lee Bok Boon (born 1846), emigrated from the Dapu county of Guangdong province to the Straits Settlements in 1862. The eldest child of Lee Chin Koon and Chua Jim Neo, Lee Kuan Yew was born at 92 Kampong Java Road in Singapore, in a large and airy bungalow. As a child he was strongly influenced by British culture, ...