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  Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Kwa Geok Choo"
Kwa Geok Choo () was one of the partners in law firm, Lee & Lee.
Kwa married Lee Kuan Yew on September 30 1950, and they had two sons and one daughter.
During Lee's years as Prime Minister and Senior Minister, Kwa was frequently seen with her husband, especially on diplomatic trips and meetings with other foreign ministers.
www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=kwa_%47eok_%43hoo   (135 words)

  
  celebfan   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kwa Geok Choo (Chinese: 柯玉芝; Pinyin: KÄ“ YùzhÄ«) was one of the partners in law firm, Lee and Lee.
Kwa married Lee Kuan Yew on September 30, 1950, and they have two sons and one daughter.
During Lee's years as Prime Minister and Senior Minister, Kwa was frequently seen with her husband, especially on diplomatic trips and meetings with other foreign ministers.
www.celebfan.net /articleresources/?title=Kwa_Geok_Choo   (122 words)

  
  Kwa Geok Choo at AllExperts
Kwa Geok Choo () was one of the partners in law firm, Lee and Lee.
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 had two sons and one daughter.
en.allexperts.com /e/k/kw/kwa_geok_choo.htm   (192 words)

  
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 Print Article: Lee Kuan Yew to undergo prostate operation
Mr Lee, 80, would be admitted to the Singapore General Hospital "a few days" for a "trans-urethal resection of the prostate," the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.
Mr Lee's wife, 82-year-old Kwa Geok Choo, suffered a stroke in Britain last week and was brought back to Singapore earlier this week on a special charter flight.
Although criticised at home and abroad as authoritarian, Mr Lee is also credited with transforming Singapore, a former British colony, from an impoverished backwater into one of the Asia's most modern and prosperous countries.
www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/11/05/1068013267163.html   (140 words)

  
 Lee Kuan Yew, Masa Mudanya Penuh Derita
Choo bertanya apakah saya tahu bahwa ia dua setengah tahun lebih tua dari saya.
Choo mendapat beasiswa Queen's untuk belajar di Inggris, tapi pemerintah jajahan tidak bisa menemukan universitas yang tahun akademisnya dimulai Oktober l947.
Saya ceritakan kepadanya perihal teman saya, Nona Kwa yang cerdas sekali, lebih cerdas dari saya, sehingga sering menduduki peringat di atas saya saat di Raffles College.
www.indomedia.com /Intisari/1999/januari/leekuanyew.htm   (3241 words)

  
  Kwa Geok Choo   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kwa Geok Choo (Chinese: 柯玉芝; pinyin: Kē Yùzhī) was one of the partners in law firm, Lee and Lee.
Kwa married Lee Kuan Yew on September 30, 1950, and they had two sons and one daughter.
During Lee's years as Prime Minister and Senior Minister, Kwa was frequently seen with her husband, especially on diplomatic trips and meetings with other foreign ministers.
en.askmore.net /Kwa_Geok_Choo.htm   (151 words)

  
 Laugh Choo Choo Ch   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Choo Choo Train - A choo choo train is a child's train.
"Choo choo" is from a child's attempt to imitate the sound made by a steam engine.
Kwa Geok Choo - Kwa Geok Choo (Chinese: 柯玉芝, Pinyin: KÄ“ YùzhÄ«) is one of the major partners in the biggest law firm in Singapore, Lee and Lee, which handled most of the property transactions involving HDB flats in Singapore.
www.marmaris-ws.com /Laugh/Choo-Choo-Ch.html   (444 words)

  
 Lee Kuan Yew's wife suffers a stroke - www.theage.com.au
Kwa Geok Choo with her husband, Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew, and son Lee Hsien Loong.
Her condition is stable and improving," a statement from Mr Lee's office said.
Mr Lee married Kwa Geok Choo, right, a Cambridge-educated lawyer, in 1947 and she has been credited with having been a strong and loyal influence in his political career.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/10/28/1067233171421.html?from=storyrhs   (172 words)

  
 Asiaweek.com
I was in second place, way behind a certain Miss Kwa Geok Choo.
One was my home, with my mother and sister helping; the other was Nyuk Lin's home, where he was helped by his wife and his wife's younger sister, Kwa Geok Choo, the girl who had done better than me at Raffles College.
By September 1944, we knew each other well enough for me to invite Nyuk Lin, his wife and Geok Choo (now simply Choo) to my 21st birthday dinner at a Chinese restaurant at the Great World, an amusement park.
www.asiaweek.com /asiaweek/98/0925/cs2.html   (980 words)

  
 Lee Kuan Yew: A Chronology, 1923-1965
Secretly marries Kwa Geok Choo, who is in UK studying law at Girton College, Cambridge.
LKY and Kwa Geok Choo both awarded first-class honours degrees in law.
LKY and Kwa Geok Choo pass bar exams; both called to the Bar at the Middle Temple on June 21: "Life was about to enter a new phase" (126).
www.scholars.nus.edu.sg /landow/post/singapore/government/leekuanyew/chron.html   (260 words)

  
 Lee Kuan Yew: A Chronology, 1923-1965
Secretly marries Kwa Geok Choo, who is in UK studying law at Girton College, Cambridge.
LKY and Kwa Geok Choo both awarded first-class honours degrees in law.
LKY and Kwa Geok Choo pass bar exams; both called to the Bar at the Middle Temple on June 21: "Life was about to enter a new phase" (126).
www.thecore.nus.edu.sg /landow/post/singapore/government/leekuanyew/chron.html   (260 words)

  
 Taipei Times - archives
The wife of former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew suffered a stroke in London on Sunday and is being treated in a hospital there, Lee's press secretary announced yesterday.
Kwa Geok Choo, 83, is in stable condition and improving, the spokeswoman said.
Kwa left Singapore with her husband on Oct. 14 for visits to Berlin, Paris and London.
www.taipeitimes.com /News/world/archives/2003/10/29/2003073810/print   (1544 words)

  
 Favorite links of Lee Hsien Loong Link Page with Images
Brigadier General Lee Hsien Loong, the 'Illustrious Dragon', has born as the first baby boy on 10th February 1952-the year of Dragon, to Madam Kwa Geok Choo, an intelligent and brilliant mind lady, who was a Queen's Scholar and the first Malayan woman to achieve a First Class Honours at Cambridge.
He stayed in office from 1959 to 1990, when he voluntarily stepped down from office to let a group of second-generation leaders take over the running of the government.
His Mother Madam Kwa Geok Choo, an intelligent and brilliant mind woman, who was a Queen's Scholar and the first Malayan woman to achieve a First Class Honours at Cambridge.
www.angelfire.com /poetry/lhl   (666 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Lee Hsien Loong
The eldest child of former-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Kwa Geok Choo, Lee was born in Singapore on February 10, 1952.
In Lee Kuan Yew's biography, the young Lee had learned Jawi since he was five, and has always been interested in the affairs of Singapore, often following his father to the rally grounds since 1963.
Lee Kuan Yew and his wife welcoming Deng Xiaoping to Singapore Kwa Geok Choo (Chinese: 柯玉芝) is one of the major partners in the biggest law firm in Singapore, Lee and Lee, which handled most of the property transactions involving HDB flats in Singapore.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lee-Hsien-Loong   (6152 words)

  
 Lee Kuan Yew | Tokoh Dunia
Ayah Choo, Kwa Siew Tee adalah bankir pada Chinese Banking Corporation.
Sebelum masuk Raffles College, Choo belajar di Methodist Girls' School.
Akhir Juni, Choo menulis bahwa ia mendapat ijazah Class I dari Raffles College.
www.tokohindonesia.com /aneka/tokohdunia/lee-kuan-yew/index.shtml   (3241 words)

  
 TIMEasia.com 09/21/98
One was my home, with my mother and sister helping; the other was Nyuk Lin's home, where he was helped by his wife and his wife's younger sister, Kwa Geok Choo, the only person who had done better than me at Raffles College.
I discontinued gum-making, but continued to visit Choo at her Tiong Bahru home to chat and keep up the friendship.
I felt certain the British would soon push their way down the Malayan peninsula and feared that the recapture of Singapore would mean street-to-street and house-to-house fighting to the bitter end, with enormous civilian casualties.
www.time.com /time/asia/asia/magazine/1998/980921/lee_kuan_yew3.html   (1488 words)

  
 Lee Kuan Yew
Lee and his wife Kwa Geok Choo were married on September 30, 1950.
Several members of Lee's family hold prominent positions in Singaporean society, and his sons and daughter hold high government and government-linked posts.
Lee's wife Kwa Geok Choo used to be a partner of the prominent legal firm Lee and Lee.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/l/le/lee_kuan_yew.html   (4780 words)

  
 Singapore Official Discusses Asian Economy During Visit To Texas A&M, Bush Library
Kwa Teow Hwa, who lectures on the Asian business environment, said meeting Lee fulfilled a childhood dream first born when the then-prime minister visited his village more than 30 years ago.
"He was saying that the village landscape was changing, that the world we knew would change," Kwa recalled, noting that Singapore has transited from an agrarian economy to a manufacturing site for many top computer companies.
On Thursday, Lee spoke of the changes in his 75-year lifetime - from riding in a bullock-cart to flying aboard the Concorde - and encouraged the audience to prepare for changes yet to come while working to maintain stability.
www.tamu.edu /univrel/aggiedaily/news/stories/archive/102398-14.html   (420 words)

  
 Asiaweek.com
I was in second place, way behind a certain Miss Kwa Geok Choo.
One was my home, with my mother and sister helping; the other was Nyuk Lin's home, where he was helped by his wife and his wife's younger sister, Kwa Geok Choo, the girl who had done better than me at Raffles College.
By September 1944, we knew each other well enough for me to invite Nyuk Lin, his wife and Geok Choo (now simply Choo) to my 21st birthday dinner at a Chinese restaurant at the Great World, an amusement park.
www.pathfinder.com /asiaweek/98/0925/cs2.html   (980 words)

  
 Home Of the Singapore Democrats
The wife of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's founding father, was pushed ahead in the queue for emergency treatment at an NHS hospital after Government officials intervened on her behalf, it was claimed yesterday.
Mr Lee said that his wife, Kwa Geok Choo, 82, who had suffered a stroke, was given a brain scan four and a half hours earlier than planned at the Royal London Hospital after medical staff were contacted by Downing Street.
On arrival at the NHS hospital in the early hours of last Monday, Mr Lee said he was horrified to be told that his wife was "not as important" as three heart attack patients also awaiting treatment.
www.singaporedemocrat.org /classic/news_display.php?id=386   (829 words)

  
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In 1987, Mr Goh was awarded the Medal of Honour by the National Trades Union Congress.
Mr Goh is married to advocate and solicitor Tan Choo Leng.
Family - 1950 Married Kwa Geok Choo, educated Methodist Girls' School, Raffles College, Cambridge University, Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law.
members.tripod.com /~angeleong/singapore.htm   (1080 words)

  
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At public hospitals, how much patients pay depends both on their income and how much they want to pay.
Assuming she is in the upper income bracket, Mr Lee's wife Kwa Geok Choo could be paying anything from £905 to £4,600 for a week's treatment for her stroke, depending on how isolated she wanted to be.
There are four categories of accommodation, ranging from single-bed rooms to wards of eight beds or more.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/04/nlee304.xml   (386 words)

  
 From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 by Lee Kuan Yew
He also includes candid, sometimes acerbic pen portraits of his political peers, including the indomitable Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, the poetry-spouting Jiang Zemin, and ideologues George Bush and Deng Xiaoping.
Lee also lifts the veil on his family life and writes tenderly of his wife and stalwart partner, Kwa Geok Choo, and of their pride in their three children -- particularly the eldest son, Hsien Loong, who is now Singapore's deputy prime minister.
For more than three decades, Lee Kuan Yew has been praised and vilified in equal measure, and he has established himself as a force impossible to ignore in Asian and international politics.
www.harpercollins.com /books/9780060197766/From_Third_World_to_First/index.aspx   (741 words)

  
 History
On 1 September 1955, Lee and Lee was founded by Lee Kuan Yew, Lee Kim Yew and Kwa Geok Choo
While Lee Kuan Yew went on to become the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kim Yew and Kwa Geok Choo took over the reins of the fledgling law practice and turned it into one of the largest law firms in Singapore.
Over the past five decades, Lee and Lee has grown and developed in tandem with Singapore.
www.leenlee.com.sg /Cont_History.htm   (306 words)

  
 Asiaweek.com
Perhaps the most significant personal revelation is that Lee and his wife Kwa Geok Choo eloped, marrying secretly in Stratford-on-Avon in 1947 while both were studying in Britain.
Then the relationship blossoms to the point where Lee makes a midnight balcony proposal to "Choo" in a scene Shakespeare might have penned.
About to leave for Britain, he asks her if she will wait for him, given that she is more than two years his senior.
www.pathfinder.com /asiaweek/98/0925/cs1-3.html   (840 words)

  
 Lee Kuan Yew
Lee has received a number of state decorations, including the Order of the Companions of Honour, Knight Grand Cross in the Order of St Michael and St George, the Freedom of the City of London, the Order of the Crown of Johore, and the Order of the Rising Sun.
Lee's wife, Kwa Geok Choo, runs a prominent legal firm, Lee & Lee, and owns the property and investment company Wing Tai.
His sons and daughter have held government and government-linked posts.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/l/le/lee_kuan_yew.html   (920 words)

  
 Welcome to HarperCollins.ca
He also includes candid, sometimes acerbic pen portraits of his political peers, including the indomitable Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, the poetry-spouting Jiang Zemin, and ideologues George Bush and Deng Xiaoping.
Lee also lifts the veil on his family life and writes tenderly of his wife and stalwart partner, Kwa Geok Choo, and of their pride in their three children -- particularly the eldest son, Hsien Loong, who is now Singapore's deputy prime minister.
For more than three decades, Lee Kuan Yew has been praised and vilified in equal measure, and he has established himself as a force impossible to ignore in Asian and international politics.
www.harpercanada.com /global_scripts/product_catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0060197765   (407 words)

  
 No 10 'intervened with NHS' to held Singapore politician | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited
Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew risks sparking a row with Britain following comments that his wife only received treatment after suffering a stroke in London once Downing Street intervened to get her preferential care at an NHS hospital.
The island republic's former strongman was quoted in the nation's New Straits Times newspaper yesterday as explaining how he had specialists flown over from Singapore and whisked his wife, Kwa Geok Choo, home as soon as he could because he wanted her treated in Singapore.
Speaking at a community event on Sunday, Mr Lee, who is still senior minister and wields considerable power, said his wife suffered the stroke on the evening of October 25 while accompanying him on a trip and that he found himself unable to get a speedy diagnosis.
www.guardian.co.uk /guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,1077315,00.html   (492 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Singapore's founding father to undergo prostate operation
Lee's spokeswoman could not be immediately be reached for comment.
Lee's wife, 82-year-old Kwa Geok Choo, suffered a stroke in Britain last week and was brought back to Singapore earlier this week on a special charter flight.
Although criticized at home and abroad as authoritarian, Lee is also credited with transforming Singapore, a former British colony, from an impoverished backwater into one of the Asia's most modern and prosperous countries.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20031105-0715-singapore-leeoperation.html   (177 words)

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