Singaporean lawyer Kwa Geok Choo was the wife of prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and the mother of prime minister Lee Hsien Loong. She was 88 years old when she died on October 2, 2010 (born December 21, 1921).
Yes. She is. Though it is lesser known that she is Peranakan.
According to Wikipedia, Kwa Geok Choo was one of the partners in law firm, Lee & Lee. She is also the wife of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore and a former pupil of Singapore's Methodist Girls' School and Cambridge University. In Lee's biography, he stated that he first met Kwa in 1944 at a party, and courted her from 1946. Kwa married Lee Kuan Yew on September 30 1950, and they have two sons and one daughter. Her eldest son is Lee Hsien Loong and her second son is Lee Hsien Yang.
Ho Geok Choo was born in 1956.
possible an insincere christian, since her son Lee Hsien Yang wife came from a strong Methodist Church. But Lee Kuan Yew did hinted he is a Taoist/Buddhist
There're many claims but most of them, especially grand ones could not be proven in the historical archives especially the claims on the water issues with Malaysia.
Kwa Geok Choo - The wife of Lee Kuan Yew (former Prime Minister, currently Minister Mentor). Her rise to media limelight was when she became the first person in the world who held no official office in the government nor civil service to receive the grandest state funeral (as at 1 Jan 2011) in Singapore.
Battle of Geok Tepe happened in 1880-12.
Shirley Geok-lin Lim was born in 1944.
Chai Geok Lim has written: 'Strata titles in Malaysia'
Cheng Geok Lim has written: 'Intercultural business negotiations'
Shin-Soo Choo is 34 years old (birthdate: July 13, 1982).
Malaysian fashion designer Jimmy Choo is 65 years old (born November 15, 1952).