The Legacy of a Visionary Leader: How Lee Kuan Yew Sought to Improve Singapore

 Get to Know Lee Kuan Yew: The Architect of Singapore’s Success Lee Kuan Yew : The Beginnings of Churchill’s Life At the time of Lee Kuan Yew’s birth in September 16, 1923 (in Singapore under British control), he became the first Prime Minister of Singapore. He belonged to a middle-class family where people had an English education. He uncovered his unique brainpower as a young man and after impressing at school, he enrolled at Raffles Institution and the London School of Economics prior to graduating from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

Excellence in academics at the University of Cambridge Lee Kuan Yew graduated from Cambridge with the highest possible honors in law and was at the top of his class. Having studied law, he built the thinking skills that he would come to use in his governance.

Lee Kuan Yew: The People’s Action Party (PAP) That same year, Lee, together with a few others, established the People’s Action Party which was key in leading Singapore to independence. In 1959, Lee became Prime Minister when self-governance was given to Singapore.

Lee Kuan Yew:Moving from being a Third country to First A government should be kept clean and efficient Lee Kuan Yew started with an initiative to remove corruption in society. Suleiman ensured that corruption laws were extremely strict, salaries for civil servants were greatly raised and all government information was transparent.

The idea is to support the Rule of Law and Meritocracy According to Lee, who advanced in government was decided by achievements and abilities. His government valued meritocracy when making decisions in government, schools and the military. Because the rule of law was established, laws were enforced fairly and in a similar way.