Singapore, also known as the Lion City, is an island nation in Southeast Asia with little land and a small population. With a land area of 733.2 square kilometers, which is the same as the area of downtown Shanghai, and 74% of the 5.64 million population are Chinese, it can be said that Singapore is a Chinese country.
Singapore is one of the Asian economic tigers, in the mid-60s of the last century, Singapore's economy began to grow rapidly, and by 1996, Singapore has miraculously jumped from a poor and backward country to a developed country, until today, Singapore's economy is still writing brilliant, and there is no sign of weakening.
The economic miracle created by Singapore is inseparable from an important person, that is, Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew.
Lee kuan yew
1. Lee Kuan Yew, the father of the nation, created the miracle of Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew was born in 1923, his ancestral home is Dapu County, Meizhou, Guangdong, and he is a Han Hakka. Lee Kuan Yew grew up in Singapore, received a British education, came to England to study after the end of the Second World War, and graduated from Cambridge University in 1949 with a degree in law.
In 1950, Lee Kuan Yew returned to Singapore to apply what he had learned, and he chose to work as a lawyer. In 1952, Lee Kuan Yew, who was originally unknown, represented the "postman on strike in Singapore", and became well-known to the public, and it can be said that he became famous in Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew entered politics and became Prime Minister of the Self-Governing State of Singapore in 1959.
On August 9, 1965, Singapore declared independence from Malaysia, and Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's prime minister, was finally able to show his strength.
Lee Kuan Yew's transformation of Singapore is all-encompassing, and it is a holistic overhaul that includes economic, political, and social governance.
On the economic front, Lee Kuan Yew chose to implement an open economic system, open finance, no tariffs and foreign exchange controls, promote the development of the Jurong Industrial Park, actively attract foreign capital, and create the greatest possible conditions for foreign capital.
It can be said that Singapore's corporate income tax is the lowest in the world, and it is not unreasonable for many large international companies to choose to locate their Asian headquarters in Singapore, and the business environment here is indeed very friendly.
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On the political front, Lee Kuan Yew built one of the cleanest governments possible, raising the bar for civil service and introducing high salaries and imposing severe penalties.
In terms of social governance, Lee Kuan Yew's measures are very detailed, such as spitting, littering, swearing, smoking in public places, etc., all of which are clearly prohibited, and if they are violated, there will be corresponding punishments. To change the bad habits of a place, such strong measures must be taken, and Lee Kuan Yew can be said to be meticulous in everything.
In this way, Singapore achieved economic take-off under the leadership of Lee Kuan Yew, but because Lee Kuan Yew's son Lee Hsien Loong became Singapore's third prime minister, Singapore also has another nickname, which is "Lee Kapo".
Second, Lee Hsien Loong's brother and sister are not in harmony?
Lee Kuan Yew and his wife Ko Yuk Chi have three children, namely the eldest son Lee Hsien Loong, the second son Lee Hsien Yang, and the daughter Lee Wei Ling, all three of whom are very capable, Lee Hsien Loong is the third prime minister of Singapore, inheriting his father's political talents. The second son, Lee Hsien Yeung, is a business elite who was the president and CEO of Singtel. Her daughter, Lee Wei Ling, is the dean of the National School of Neuroscience in Singapore.
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This family is very enviable in the eyes of outsiders, but the three brothers and sisters of Lee Hsien Loong are not so harmonious, Lee Hsien Yang and Lee Wei Ling have published an article criticizing Lee Hsien Loong, making the contradictions of Singapore's largest family public.
Here's the thing, Lee Kuan Yew made a will before he died, and after his death, he would demolish his former residence at 38 Osley Road, and never build a memorial or anything like that, so as not to let everyone think that the Lee family was "ruled by the dynasty". But Lee Kuan Yew also wrote in his will that if Lee continued to live at 38 Oxley Road, he could wait until she moved out before demolishing it. If the house cannot be demolished by law or by some rules in Singapore, it cannot be opened to the public, except for his children.
But Lee Hsien Loong was not very positive about the demolition of Lee Kuan Yew's former residence, suggesting that the matter should be discussed in Parliament, after all, Lee Kuan Yew was Singapore's first prime minister, and Lee Hsien Loong also suggested that it would be better not to make Lee Kuan Yew's will public.
In fact, Lee Hsien Loong's proposal is understandable, Lee Kuan Yew is the father of the nation of Singapore, and it is true that his former residence should not be demolished hastily, and it should be left to the people to decide.
But Lee Hsien Yang and Lee Wei Ling did not see it that way, they believed that Lee Kuan Yew's will must be complied with and the former residence had to be demolished. On March 25, 2016, Lee Hsien Yang and Lee Wei Ling released a statement on social media in which they attacked their brother Lee Hsien Loong, saying that Lee Hsien Loong had violated the will of their father Lee Kuan Yew by not pushing for the demolition of the former home, but instead of pushing for the demolition of the former home, Lee Kuan Yew had made a big fuss about Lee Kuan Yew's memorial service. The statement pointed out that Lee Hsien Loong did this to establish his own "dynastic rule" in Singapore.
As soon as this statement was issued, it was not only in Singapore, but even attracted the attention of world public opinion, and the contradiction between the three brothers and sisters of the Li family in Singapore was made public, which can be said to be no small news. Lee Hsien Loong also responded to the statement, but in his capacity, he will not fight with his younger siblings, but only regrets.
Although Lee Hsien Yang and Lee Wei Ling issued statements, the former residence has not been demolished.
Lee Kuan Yew's former residence
On June 14, 2017, Lee Hsien Yang and Lee Wei Ling again released a joint statement on social media titled "Where Have Lee Kuan Yew's Values Gone?". The statement said Lee Hsien Loong had used his position to interfere with the demolition of Lee Kuan Yew's former residence, contrary to Lee Kuan Yew's last wishes. What's more, they also expressed concern about Singapore's future, Lee Hsien Yang believes that his brother Lee Hsien Loong's power is everywhere, he is crowding out himself and his wife, and wants them to leave Singapore, and Lee Hsien Loong intends to train his son Lee Hung Yi to enter politics and succeed him in the future.
This statement attracted more attention because of the plot of the third generation of the Li family entering the political arena, and for a while, the global media followed up and reported it.
This time, Lee Hsien Loong still expressed regret and did not push for the demolition of Lee Kuan Yew's former residence.
In fact, for Lee Kuan Yew's former residence, a poll in Singapore showed that 61% of the people believe that Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's last wish should be respected and demolished immediately after Lee Wei Ling moves out of the former residence. Thirty-nine percent of the public believe that the privacy of the Li family should be respected, but they are basically in favor of demolishing the former residence.
The Singaporean people are obviously reluctant to take over the third generation of the Lee family, but what is Lee Hsien Loong's attitude?
Third, the third generation of the Li family will not enter the political arena
Regarding the accusations of his younger siblings, Li Minglong made it clear that he had no intention of letting his son succeed him, and that his children were not interested in politics.
Let's take a look at Lee Hsien Loong's children, Lee Hsien Loong has a daughter and three sons, and he and his late first wife Wong Ming Yang have a son and a daughter, respectively, daughter Lee Xiuqi and son Lee Yi Peng. He and his second wife He Jing have two sons, namely Li Hongyi and Li Haoyi.
Born in 1980, her daughter Li Xiuqi is very low-key, barely showing up in public, and the media knows very little about her situation.
The eldest son, Lee Yipeng, who was born in 1982 and graduated from the National University of Singapore, is a big fan of Lee Kuan Yew, but Lee has albinism and is unlikely to enter politics.
Li Hongyi
Born in 1987, his second son, Li Hongyi, graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in economics, worked at Google, and currently holds leadership positions at the Singapore Technology Authority. At the same time, Lee Hongyi also served in the Singapore Army as a platoon commander, but he was blamed by the public for overstepping the ranks to report problems to the top commander of the Singapore Army.
The third son, Li Haoyi, was born in 1989, and he also graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States and is now a software engineer.
At present, among Lee Hsien Loong's children, Li Hongyi's qualifications and current occupation are the most likely to take over, but due to the pressure of public opinion, it is even more difficult for Li Hongyi to take over.
First of all, Lee Hsien Yang's son Lee Sun-moo has expressed strong opposition to the succession of the third generation of the Lee family, and has also expressed his dissatisfaction with his uncle Lee Hsien Loong on social media.
Li Shenwu
On June 14, 2017, Lee said on social media that the abuse of power by his immediate family (referring to Lee Hsien Loong) was worrying, and that his parents were facing the situation and might have to settle abroad, and that leaving Singapore was painful and difficult to make.
Two days later, on June 16, Li Shenwu posted on social media again, saying that he did not want to enter politics, that a country must be greater than a family, and that if the third generation of the Li family entered politics again, it would be detrimental to Xinjiapo.
From Lee Seng Moo's statement, we can see that he has not only expressed his attitude of not going into politics, but also expressed his opposition to Lee Hsien Loong's children entering politics in Singapore.
In the third generation, the more popular successor candidate responded to public opinion in this way, Li Hongyi said: "Whether you believe it or not, I really have no interest in politics. ”
Regarding the issue of the succession of the third generation of the Lee family, Lee Hsien Loong felt strong pressure, so his successor did not choose the third generation of the Lee family.
On 14 April 2022, Lee Hsien Loong announced that he would be recommended as the next leader of Singapore, and he was very confident that Lawrence Wong and his team would continue to provide the best service to Singapore and Singaporeans.
Lawrence Wong
On November 5, 2023, Lee Hsien Loong announced at the DAP congress that he would hand over the baton to Lawrence Wong, the current Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, to lead the DAP and win the post of Prime Minister of Singapore before the next general election in November 2025.
Since the successor has been designated as Huang Xuncai, does it mean that the third generation of the Lee family will not succeed him? In fact, this is not necessarily, Lee Kuan Yew handed over the post of Singapore's prime minister to Goh Chok Tong, and then Lee Hsien Loong took over Goh Chok-tong's class.
Therefore, whether the third generation of the Li family can take over after the future still needs time to test.
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