Kwa Geok Choo and Her Journey to Mrs Lee Kuan Yew wildchild


A Singapore love story how wife's death left a tragic void in Lee Kuan Yew's life South China

BORN 2014 Law THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME Kwa Geok Choo Co-founder of one of Singapore's largest law firms Kwa Geok Choo was a stellar student who topped the whole of Malaya in the 1936 Senior Cambridge examination.


The Lee Kuan Yew And Kwa Geok Choo Love Story Must Share News

Here's taking a look at one of the greatest love stories Singapore has ever witnessed - the Lee Kuan Yew Kwa Geok Choo love story. A 63-year-old tale of love. "Without her, I would be a different man, with a different life, " Mr. Lee once said. How they met It was hardly love at first sight when Mr. Lee and Mdm Kwa first met at Raffles College.


Obituary Photos Honoring Kwa Geok Choo

Kit Chan is Kwa Geok Choo, aka Mrs Lee Kuan Yew in The LKY Musical. (Photo: David Tan/ SRT/ Aiwei) It's going to be an extra special production for the visibly excited Chan. And not just because.


Who’s who in the Lee Kuan Yew family feud South China Morning Post

Retelling the life story of Kwa Geok Choo. (From left) Director Goh Boon Teck, playwright Ovidia Yu and actress Tan Rui Shan. ST PHOTO: FELINE LIM. Ong Sor Fern. Senior Culture Correspondent.


Lee Kuan Yew & Kwa Geok Choo's 63Year Marriage Lauded As Couple Goals For S'poreans

Obituary. SINGAPORE (AP) — Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, who described her as his "tower of strength," and mother of the city-state's current prime.


New play examines the importance of being Kwa Geok Choo

Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his wife Kwa Geok Choo celebrating his 80th birthday in 2003. IMAGE: Courtesy The Straits Times, Choo Chwee Hua In the end, it will be Madam Kwa's love for her husband, and his for her, that will be what Singapore remembers.


Blog To Express Memorium of Madam Kwa Geok Choo

He traded food on the black market, started a stationery gum business with Mr Yong Nyuk Lin in 1944, where he met Mr Yong's sister-in-law, Ms Kwa Geok Choo, a former Raffles College classmate.


Lee Kuan Yew & Kwa Geok Choo's 63Year Marriage Lauded As Couple Goals For S'poreans

It premieres today (8 July) at Victoria Theatre and will be staged until 31July. Kwa Geok Choo, a new play by Ovidia Yu, is the first monologue for the dancer-actress, who has works such as The Amazing Celestial Race by Wild Rice, Forbidden City Musical by the Singapore Repertory Theatre, and Lim Boon Keng Musical by the Musical Theatre Limited.


Kwa Geok Choo, wife of Singapore leader The Boston Globe

Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of Singapore's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, and the mother of the island-nation's current premier, Lee Hsien Loong, died Saturday after suffering a stroke two.


Lee Kuan Yew and Wife Kwa Geok Choo Photograph by Ajay Bundiwal Fine Art America

The wife of one prime minister, and the mother of another. But what do we know about Kwa Geok Choo? Award-winning author and playwright Ovidia Yu delves deep into a faithful retelling of Madam Kwa in her new upcoming play about the phenomenal woman, whose actions and influence directed the waves, currents, and tides of the lives of Singaporeans.


The wedding reception of our beloved late founding Father Lee Kuan Yew and his Wife Kwa Geok

Kwa Geok Choo didn't just marry modern Singapore's founding father, she also raised its Prime Minister. And with the men of her family firmly in the spotlight, Madam Kwa receded into the shadows.


Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his wife Mdm Kwa Geok Choo

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦.


Lee Kuan Yew & Kwa Geok Choo. Lee kuan yew, History of singapore, Tribute

SINGAPORE (AP) — Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, who described her as his tower of strength, and mother of the city-state's current prime minister, died Saturday. She was 89. Kwa suffered a stroke and brain hemorrhage in 2008 and had been bedridden and unable to speak since.


Kwa Geok Choo

Madam Kwa passed away peacefully in her home on Saturday, October 2, 2010, at the age of 89. She was the wife of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of modern Singapore, and the mother of Lee Hsien Loong, the current prime minister. She is also survived by another son, Lee Hsien Yang, and a daughter, Lee Wei Ling. Inside This Issue THE WEEK THAT WAS


5 Reasons We Remember Kwa Geok Choo For Being More Than Lee Kuan Yew's Wife

A year later, Kwa, who won a scholarship, also joined him in Britain and read law. Lee Kuan Yew (left) shares a light moment with his wife, Kwa Geok Choo, right, during the Labour Day Rally in.


Kwa Geok Choo and Her Journey to Mrs Lee Kuan Yew wildchild

That's what Ovidia, 61, wants to convey in Toy Factory's stage production simply (and appropriately) called Kwa Geok Choo: Singapore and The Story of Mrs Lee Kuan Yew, which will kick off on July 8 at the Victoria Theatre. Image: Toy Factory Productions The Madam Who Loomed Large in the Shadows You could say writing about Kwa now is providence.