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.
BG Lee is a fith-generation Singaporean.
His great-great grandfather Mr.Lee Bok Boon had left China, Guangdong Province for Singapore at the age of 16.
His great grandfather Mr.Lee Hoon Leong, born in 1871 and went to an English school.
His grandfather Mr. Lee Chin Koon, born in 1903 and was broughtup as a rich man son.
His father Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, born in 1923. Kuan Yew means "the light that shines far and wide". He was the first offically elected Prime Minister of Singapore. 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.
BG Lee's birth was an occasion for great rejoicing for Singapore. He
has born on the first moon of the year of the Dragon and first born baby boy, important for
perpetuating the family name. So they named him as 'Lee Hsien Loong'- Illustrious Dragon.
BG Lee's Family ....
BG Lee's Wife, Children and Siblings
Wife
Madam Ho Ching
Daughter
One
Sons
Three
Only Brother
Mr.Lee Hsien Yang
Only Sister
Madam.Lee Wei Ling
BG Lee's CV...
He joined the Singapore Armed Forces in 1971. In 1984, he left the SAF as a Brigadier-General to enter politics.
He has been serving as an elected Member of Parliament since 1984, and re-elected in 1988, 1991, 1997 and 2001.
He was elected to the Central Executive Committee of the People's Action Party in 1986. He is currently the First Assistant Secretary-General.
He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in November 1990. His responsibilities include finance, economic and civil service matters.
He was appointed Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore in January 1998 and was appointed Minister for Finance in November 2001 .
It is good to quote BG Lee's Motivational Message to CancerStory Webpage.
"I particularly remember a passage in one book I was given. It said that a positive outlook may or may not cure you of cancer, but it will certainly make the disease easier to bear, and will help you live life to the full despite the cancer. I found this helpful, realistic advice, although not always easy to follow."
"When cancer strikes a person or his family, often we are reluctant to talk about it. But there is nothing shameful or unmentionable about having cancer. Talking about it helps you to unburden yourself of worries and fears, and allows others to let you know that you are not alone, and help is available.
According to StraitsTimes Jounalist Ms.Chua Lee Hoong, in her words...
'And he said, 'No, we are not covering blocks. We are meeting people'.
'At the market - and I have never forgotten this - when he was going around shaking hands, a fishmonger demurred, saying that his hands were dirty. Lee Hsien Loong stuck out his hand and said, 'No Singaporean's hands are dirty', and shook his hand firmly'."
BG Lee is an intellectual and a scholar with energy and he will not compromise to any form of the challenges in up holding our nation, Singapore.
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Mr.Lee's government will continue to build a multiracial and multilingual
society that would be unified by a sense of a unique "Singaporean
identity".
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"My colleague also remembers the first Lee Hsien Loong walk-about in Teck Ghee: 'I was very impressed by how he handled his grassroots chaps who were trying to rush him along by saying, 'We have to cover XX number of blocks'.
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