{"id":341841,"date":"2015-03-23T12:05:36","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T04:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/lee-kuan-yew-20-best-quotes-341841.html"},"modified":"2019-05-04T02:34:31","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T18:34:31","slug":"lee-kuan-yew-20-best-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/culture-hk\/singapore-events-hk\/lee-kuan-yew-20-best-quotes-341841.html","title":{"rendered":"In memory of Lee Kuan Yew: His 20 most thought-provoking quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"   <p><strong>Lee Kuan Yew<\/strong>, the founding father of <a title=\"Singapore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/food\/dishing-out\/egging-us-best-salted-egg-dishes-town-82360.html\">Singapore<\/a> passed away early this\u00a0Monday morning, aged 91. Singapore's first prime minister, credited with turning the tiny Southeast Asian<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/fashion\/outfit-of-the-day-fashion\/ootd-day-city-53314.html#post-53314\"> city<\/a> state into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/medical-news\/130-nasa-global-warming-66816.html\">global <\/a>metropolis was a visionary thinker who was widely regarded as one of the most influential political figures in Asia. Lee was an outstanding orator known to command the attention of crowds at his speeches. Not one to mince words, Mr Lee has said some interesting remarks in the past. Here, we've compiled the best 20 quotes to remember the late prime minister by.<\/p> <p>No doubt he was a man with great wisdom.<\/p> <p><em>Karen George<\/em><\/p>   ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No other Singaporean is as quoted as the founding father of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, credited with turning a 'little red dot' on the map into an international hub. Here are some of his most memorable sayings. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":82453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"No other Singaporean is as quoted as the founding father of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, credited with turning a \"little red dot\" on the map into an international hub. 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