Lee Kuan Yew, former prime minister of
Singapore, died early on Monday at the age of 91, according to a
statement released by the Prime Minister's Office.
"Mr Lee passed away peacefully at the Singapore General Hospital today at 3:18 AM," the statement said.
Lee, a Cambridge-educated lawyer, is
widely credited with building Singapore into one of the world's
wealthiest nations on a per capita basis with a strong, pervasive role
for the state and little patience for dissent.
He co-founded the People's Action Party
(PAP), which has ruled Singapore since 1959 and led the newly born
country when it was separated from Malaysia in 1965.
Singapore's founding father also hailed for diplomatic
pragmatism and for inspiring Beijing's reform, opening-up.
Source: The China Daily...More...
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