Singaporean Lawyers: Lee Kuan Yew, Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, Glenn Knight, Chiam See Tong, Yong Pung How, Lai Kew Chai, S. Jayakumar

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Lee Kuan Yew, Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, Glenn Knight, Chiam See Tong, Yong Pung How, Lai Kew Chai, S. Jayakumar, Chan Sek Keong, Roger Tan Kor Mee, Wee Chong Jin, Song Ong Siang, David Saul Marshall, Tommy Koh, Philip Jeyaretnam, Francis Seow, Lawrence Ang, Sylvia Lim, Simon Tay, Edmund Sim, Kwa Geok Choo, Tan Cheng Han, John Laycock, Chao Hick Tin, Thirugnana Sampanthar Sinnathuray, Lawyers in Singapore, Tang Liang Hong, Cavinder Bull, Davinder Singh, Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim, Sundaresh Menon, Mary W. S. Wong, Lim Biow Chuan, K. Shanmugam, Syed Ahmad Alwee Alsree, Lim Kean Chye, Belinda Ang Saw Ean, Tang Fong Har, Eleanor Wong, Adrian Tan, Tan Choo Leng, Indranee Rajah, Woo Bih Li, V. K. Rajah, Hri Kumar, Claire Wong, Koh Eng Tian, Steven Chong, Michael Hwang, Alvin Yeo Khirn Hai, Sin Boon Ann. Excerpt: Lee Kuan Yew, GCMG, CH (English name: Harry, born 16 September 1923; also Lee Kwan-Yew) is a Singaporean statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, governing for three decades. By the time he chose to step down to enable a stable leadership renewal, he had become the world's longest-serving Prime Minister. As the co-founder and first secretary-general of the People's Action Party (PAP), he led the party to eight victories from 1959 to 1990, and oversaw the separation of Singapore from 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. Singapore's second prime minister, Goh Chok Tong, appointed him Senior Minister in 1990. He currently holds the advisory post of Minister Mentor, created by his son, Lee Hsien Loong, when the latter became the nation's third prime minister in August 2004. With his succ...