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Oct 12, 1997 · Lee Chin Koon (b. 1903 Semarang, Indonesia–d. 12 October 1997 Singapore) was a storekeeper and depot manager for the Shell Oil Company, and father of Singapore's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew.1. Early life and education.
Lee Chin Koon (1 June 1903 – 12 October 1997) was an Indonesian-born Singaporean storekeeper and manager for Shell Oil Company. Lee was also the father of Lee Kuan Yew and the paternal grandfather of Lee Hsien Loong, the first and third Prime Minister of Singapore respectively.
The Lee family is a political family of Singapore, with members in public service, politics, law, and business. The most prominent members of the family are Lee Kuan Yew , the first Prime Minister of Singapore, and his son, Lee Hsien Loong , the third prime minister.
Oct 12, 1997 · Lee Chin Koon (b. 1903 Semarang, Indonesia d. 12 October 1997 Singapore) was a storekeeper and depot manager for the Shell Oil Company, and father of Singapore's First Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Early life and education.
Oct 30, 2023 · So I asked ChatGPT, “Was Mr Lee Kuan Yew Baba?” The response was a definite “Yes”. ChatGPT contended that Mr Lee’s father, Lee Chin Koon was “a wealthy Straits-Chinese businessman” and his mother, Chua Jim Neo “was also of Peranakan descent”.
Born in 1907, Jim Neo was the eldest child of Neo Ah Soon and wealthy Hokkien businessman Chua Kim Teng from Pontianak in Dutch Borneo. At age 15, she married Lee Chin Koon, a storekeeper, in an arranged marriage.
English. Lee Chin Koon. shopkeeper born 1903; father of Lee Kuan Yew.
Lee Kuan Yew GCMG CH SPMJ DK (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew; 16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean statesman and lawyer who served as the first Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990, and Secretary-General of the People's Action Party from 1954 to 1992.
Mar 3, 2011 · My father, Lee Chin Koon, was 20. Their parents had arranged the marriage a year previously. Both families must have thought it an excellent match, for they later married my father’s younger...
Oct 13, 2004 · A sixth-generation Peranakan with a strong culinary tradition, she started cooking at the age of 5. She learnt the rudiments of cooking first from her grandmother, Mrs. Lee Chin Koon, then later, at the renowned classical French culinary institute, Le Cordon Bleu in London.
- Lee Chin Koon
