Lee Wei Ling

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Lee Wei Ling
李玮玲
Born
Lee Wei Ling

(1955-01-07) 7 January 1955 (age 69) [1]
Singapore
Alma mater University of Singapore (MBBS)
Occupation Neurologist
Parent(s) Lee Kuan Yew (father)
Kwa Geok Choo (mother)
Family Lee Hsien Loong (brother)
Lee Hsien Yang (brother)

Lee Wei Ling is a Singaporean neurologist. She was the director of the National Neuroscience Institute. She is the sister of Lee Hsien Loong and the daughter of Lee Kuan Yew.

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Career

Lee received a President's Scholarship in 1973, before studying in the medical faculty of the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore), where she graduated top of her class with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree before specialising in pediatrics. [2]

She began working in the pediatric ward at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and received board certification from the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology.

Personal life

Lee is the daughter of Lee Kuan Yew and Kwa Geok Choo. She is the younger sister of Lee Hsien Loong and the older sister of Lee Hsien Yang.

Lee enjoys driving and admitted to speeding on a visit to New Hampshire in 1995; she was pulled over by highway police but was released by the sympathetic officer after discussing the caning of Michael Fay. [3]

In 2015, shortly after the death of her father, Lee published an autobiographical book, A Hakka Woman's Singapore, based on columns that she had previously written. [4] She has publicly spoken against hero worship of the founding Prime Minister. [5] In 2016, an editor at The Straits Times accused Lee of plagiarism in an unpublished article. [6] [7] Lee has publicly supported freedom of speech [8] and stated that she would cease writing for the newspaper following the editorial dispute. [9]

In August 2020, Lee stated she had been diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disorder that results in the weakening of certain muscles. [10]

In 2022, Lee reportedly sold a property worth S$50 million to Yonghong Shi, a cofounder of Haidilao. [11] [12]

Administrator of Lee Kuan Yew's will

Lee and her brother, Lee Hsien Yang, are the joint administrators and executors of Lee Kuan Yew's will. However, they were in a dispute in 2017 with Lee Hsien Loong over their late father's will with regard to the house at 38 Oxley Road. They "felt threatened by Lee Hsien Loong's misuse of his position and influence over the Singapore government and its agencies to drive his personal agenda". They alleged that their brother thwarted the will of their father in order to use the house as a monument to milk his father's legacy. They also criticised the influence of Ho Ching over the government, and alleged that the Prime Minister harboured political ambitions for his son, Li Hongyi. [13] A special parliamentary session was held to clear the Prime Minister of any wrongdoings and the siblings agreed to keep the dispute private after the session. [14] [15]

Family tree of Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Bok Boon
1846–1920		Seow Huan Neo
1850–c. 1931
Lee Hoon Leong
1871–1942		Ko Liem Nio
1883–1959
Lee Chin Koon
1903–1997 [16] 		Chua Jim Neo
1907–1980
Lee Kuan Yew
1923–2015		 Kwa Geok Choo
1920–2010		Dennis Lee Kim Yew
1925-2003 [17] 		Gloria Lee (Woo) Sau Yin [18] Freddy Lee Thiam Yew
1927-2012 [19] 		Eleanor Ngo Puay Chin [18] Monica Lee Kim Mon
b. 1929 or 1930 [20] 		George Chan Chor Cheung [18] Dr Lee Suan Yew
b. 1933 [21] 		Pamela Chong [18]
Wong Ming Yang
1951–1982 [22] 		Lee Hsien Loong
b. 1952		 Ho Ching
b. 1953		 Lee Wei Ling
b. 1955		 Lee Hsien Yang
b. 1957		Lim Suet Fern
b. 1958 [23]
Li Xiuqi
b. 1981 [24] 		Li Yipeng
b. 1982 [24] 		Li Hongyi
b. 1987 [24] 		Li Haoyi
b. 1989 [24] 		Li Shengwu
b. 1985 [24] 		Li Huanwu
b. 1986 [24] 		Li Shaowu
b. 1995 [24]

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