Lee Kuan Yew,often referred to by his initials LKY,was a Singaporean statesman and lawyer who served as the first Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990,and Secretary-General of the People's Action Party from 1954 to 1992. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanjong Pagar from 1955 until his death in 2015. Lee is widely recognised as the founding father of the modern Singaporean state,and for his leadership in turning the island into a highly developed city state.
The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public collegiate and research university in Singapore. It was officially established in 1980 by the merger of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University.
Utah Valley University (UVU) is a public university in Orem,Utah. UVU offers master's,bachelor's,associate degrees,and certificates. Previously called Utah Valley State College,the school attained university status in July 2008.
Ho Ching (Chinese:何晶;pinyin:HéJīng;Wade–Giles:Ho2 Ching1;Cantonese Yale:Hòh Jīng;born 27 March 1953) is a Singaporean businesswoman.
Kwa Geok Choo was a Singaporean lawyer.
Danny Quah is Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy,National University of Singapore. Quah's work includes contributions to the fields of economic growth,development economics,monetary economics,macroeconometrics,and the weightless economy. Quah is best known for his research on estimation techniques for disentangling the effects of different disturbances on economies,for his studies on economic growth and convergence across nation states,and for his analyses of large-scale shifts in the global economy. Quah became the dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy,beginning his term on 1 May 2018.
Kishore Mahbubani is a Singaporean diplomat and geopolitical consultant who served as Singapore Permanent Representative to the United Nations between 1984 and 1989,and again between 1998 and 2004,and President of the United Nations Security Council between 2001 and 2002.
Koh Buck Song is a Singaporean writer,poet,and country brand adviser. He is the author and editor of more than 40 books,including nine books of poetry and haiga art. He works as a writer,editor and consultant in branding,communications strategy and corporate social responsibility in Singapore. He has held several exhibitions as a Singaporean pioneer of haiga art,developed from a 16th-century Japanese art form combining ink sketches with haiku poems.
The Asian Journal of Public Affairs is a biannual academic journal covering public affairs issues pertaining to Asia and the Oceania region. It is edited by graduate students from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. The journal's scope includes,but is not limited to,public policy,public management,international relations,international political economy,and economics. Each issue features scholarly submissions,case studies,book reviews,and commentaries.
Von Hernandez is a leading environmental activist from the Philippines. He was Executive Director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia (GPSEA) from 2008 to 2014,where he led the environmental group's programs and operations in the Southeast Asian region. Prior to that,he served as Campaigns Director for the organization,and was responsible for driving the group's campaigns in Thailand,Indonesia and the Philippines on a number of issues including climate change,forests,sustainable agriculture and toxics pollution. Currently,he serves as Development Director for Greenpeace International.
The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy is an autonomous postgraduate school of the National University of Singapore (NUS),named after the late former Prime Minister of Singapore,Lee Kuan Yew.
Jack Sim is the founder of the Restroom Association of Singapore,the World Toilet Organization,the World Toilet Day initiative and Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) Hub. Formerly in the construction industry,he decided to devote the rest of his life to social work after attaining financial independence at the age of 40.
Matthew Scott Holland has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since April 2020. He previously served as the 6th president of Utah Valley University (UVU) in Orem,Utah,and its first president after UVU was granted university status.
Philippines–Singapore relations are bilateral relations between the Philippines and Singapore. The Philippines has an embassy in Singapore. Singapore likewise,has an embassy in Manila. Full diplomatic relations commenced on May 16,1969,when the Philippine consulate-general in Singapore was raised to embassy level.
Rodolfo Certeza Severino Jr. was a Filipino diplomat who served as the tenth secretary-general of ASEAN between 1998 and 2002.
Ho Kwon Ping is a Singaporean businessman. He is the executive chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings,a Singapore-based leisure business group,which owns both listed and private companies engaged in the development,ownership and operation of hotels,resorts,spas,residential homes,retail galleries and other lifestyle activities in the region.
Singapore–Taiwan relations are the international relations between Singapore and Taiwan. Taiwan has a representative office in Singapore. Singapore operates the Singapore Trade Office in Taipei in Taiwan,both of whom are members of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Presidential Envoy of ROC and Prime Minister of Singapore regularly meet,in the form similar to private state-to-state gesture diplomacy at APEC.
On 23 March 2015,Lee Kuan Yew,the founding prime minister of Singapore and co-founder of the People's Action Party,died at the age of 91 at 03:18 Singapore Standard Time (UTC+08:00),after having been hospitalised at the Singapore General Hospital with severe pneumonia since 5 February that year. A formal announcement was made on national television and radio by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at 08:00 that morning.
Carrie Tan Huimin is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP),she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Nee Soon South division of Nee Soon GRC since 2020.
Lee Kuan Yew was the first Prime Minister of Singapore (1959–1990). A founding member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP),he is often credited for transforming Singapore from a third-world to a first-world country. He was known for practising political pragmatism in his governance of Singapore,but has been criticised for using authoritarian and heavy-handed policies. However,others argue his actions as having been necessary for the country's early development,and that he was a benevolent dictator.
