Posts Tagged ‘health’
Lee Kuan Yew’s first public appearance since his wife’s death. CNA: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew arrived at the wake of his wife Kwa Geok Choo at Sri Temasek, the official residence of the Prime Minister and located within the Istana grounds, on Monday evening. Mr Lee had over the past month been sharing how […]
Filed under: Event, Television | 2 Comments
Tags: appearance, health, kwa geok choo, lee kuan yew, mrs lee kuan yew, wake
How is Lee Kuan Yew doing after his wife’s death? AFP dares to ask, but has no answers: Singaporeans paid tribute on Monday to the late wife of founding leader Lee Kuan Yew amid growing concern over the elder statesman’s own health. … Lee, a fitness buff who turned 87 on September 16, has not […]
Filed under: Newspaper | 13 Comments
Tags: health, lee kuan yew
Mrs Lee Kuan Yew dies at age 89
Lee Kuan Yew’s wife Kwa Geok Choo has died. Channel NewsAsia: Madam Kwa Geok Choo – the wife of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, and mother of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has died on Saturday. Mrs Lee Kuan Yew, age 89, passed away peacefully at home at 5.40 pm. A statement from the Prime […]
Filed under: Newspaper | 31 Comments
Tags: death, died, health, kwa geok choo, mrs lee kuan yew, wife
IATA chief meets MM
Today: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew met Mr Giovanni Bisignani, director-general and CEO of the International Air Transport Association, on Friday at the Singapore General Hospital. Mr Lee’s press secretary said the two men discussed key developments in the aviation industry. SGH doctors admitted Mr Lee for treatment of a chest infection on Wednesday.
Filed under: Newspaper | 1 Comment
Tags: chest infection, health, hospital, lee kuan yew, sgh
MM treated for infection
And the story keeps changing: routine checkup, physiotherapy for fall, or now a chest infection? Straits Times: MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was admitted to the Singapore General Hospital on Wednesday for treatment of a chest infection. Madam Yeong Yoon Ying, his press secretary, said in a statement on Wednesday night that Mr Lee planned […]
Filed under: Newspaper | 1 Comment
Tags: chest infection, health, lee kuan yew, sgh, singapore general hospital
The New York Times interviews Lee Kuan Yew: “SO, when is the last leaf falling?” asked Lee Kuan Yew, the man who made Singapore in his own stern and unsentimental image, nearing his 87th birthday and contemplating age, infirmity and loss. “I can feel the gradual decline of energy and vitality,” said Mr. Lee, whose […]
Filed under: Interview, Newspaper, Quotes | 1 Comment
Tags: health, kwa geok choo, lee kuan yew, succession
A rumour is doing the rounds that Lee Kuan Yew suffered a “massive” heart attack late on Friday, March 5 and is presently hospitalized at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Cardiac Unit of the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Singapore Dissident: Singapore strongman 87 year old Lee Kuan Yew suffers massive heart attack The […]
Filed under: Rumour | 66 Comments
Tags: gopalan nair, health, heart attack, hoax, icu, lee kuan yew, sgh
MM Lee has minor surgery
Lee Kuan Yew has surgery to implant a pacemaker. This follows Lee’s earlier hospitalization for atrial heart flutter. Straits Times: MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, 85, had a minor surgery on Saturday to implant a cardiac pacemaker, said a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday. The surgery was performed because MM Lee has […]
Filed under: Press release | 1 Comment
Tags: atrial flutter, health, hospital, lee kuan yew, pacemaker
MM Lee discharged
Lee Kuan Yew discharged from hospital. Straits Times: MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was on Sunday discharged from the Singapore General Hospital after being successfully treated for an abnormal heart rhythm. Mr Lee, who had two operations in 1996 to clear a blocked heart artery, is known to exercise regularly. In an email interview with […]
Filed under: Newspaper | 1 Comment
Tags: atrial flutter, health, hospital, lee kuan yew, sgh
Kuan Yew to go for record 11th term
A Malaysian newspaper offers the kind of commentary you’d never see in Singapore’s state press. The Star: With the coming election tipped to swing against his governing party, the founding leader, Lee Kuan Yew, who is 87, has signalled his intention to continue in office. Speaking with a slight slur and looking his age, Lee […]
Filed under: Commentary | 1 Comment
Tags: general elections, health, lee kuan yew, Malaysia, the star