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Then-US president Donald Trump shakes hands with then-Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at a meeting in New York in 2019. Photo: AFP

Lee Hsien Loong on ‘Singapore’s calculations’ in foreign policy

The ex-prime minister was responding to a question at a US forum about whether China would make a move on Taiwan over the next four years.

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Singapore’s PM Wong and China’s Vice-Premier Ding reaffirm close ties

Demolish or keep? Survey gauges Singaporeans’ views on 38 Oxley Road

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Lee Hsien Yang claims Singapore ‘weaponised’ laws against critics

Lee Hsien Yang, son of Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew, claims his homeland became more repressive under his brother, Lee Hsien Loong.

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Lee Hsien Yang has been granted political asylum in the UK. Photo: AP

Lee Hsien Yang creating ‘false’ urgency for Oxley Road demolition: Singapore

The estranged brother of former Singapore PM had urged PM Lawrence Wong to expedite action in fulfilling Lee Kuan Yew’s wish for the house to be demolished.

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Leaving Singapore: a look at Lee Hsien Yang and 6 others who chose asylum

Among the asylum seekers were blogger Amos Yee, the late former prosecutor Francis Seow and pro-Palestinian activist Ang Swee Chai.

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Singapore weighs preserving 38 Oxley Road despite Lee Hsien Yang’s application

NHB says allowing Lee Hsien Yang’s demolition bid now would rule out a ‘proper and full consideration’ of the options for the house.

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A view of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s Oxley Road residence in Singapore. Photo: Reuters

Singapore’s Lee Hsien Yang says he is ‘political refugee’, has UK asylum status

The brother of former Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong says the UK has assessed he faces ‘a well-founded risk of persecution’.

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‘Unwise to write off China’ despite slowing economy: Singapore’s ex-PM Lee

Senior minister shares assessment of China’s economy, Sino-US ties and ‘Singapore washing’ of companies at FutureChina Global Forum.

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Singapore’s Lee Hsien Yang to apply to demolish Oxley Road home

Lee Hsien Yang and sister Lee Wei Ling had accused older brother, then-PM Lee Hsien Loong, of attempting to keep home for political capital.

Former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew’s Oxley Road residence in Singapore. Photo: EPA

Ex-PM Lee’s brother, wife ‘always free’ to return to Singapore: police

Lee Hsien Yang and Lee Suet Fern left the city state in 2022 after skipping a scheduled police interview.

Lee Hsien Yang. Photo: Reuters

Singapore ex-PM Lee Hsien Loong attends wake of sister Lee Wei Ling

The move comes amid the resurfacing of the 38 Oxley Road family feud.

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Lee Wei Ling, daughter of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew, dies at 69

Brother and former PM Lee Hsien Loong posted a heartfelt message about his sister’s death, lamenting ‘shadow’ that had come between siblings.

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Singapore ministers slam Lee Hsien Yang’s ‘rich’ claim on father’s link to suit

Ministers Vivian Balakrishnan and K. Shanmugam took issue with Lee Hsien Yang’s Facebook post about their defamation suit against him.

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Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan (left) and Law Minister K. Shanmugam are seen in this composite picture. Photo: dpa, SCMP

Lee Hsien Loong’s brother pays Singapore ministers US$500,000 for defamation

Lee Hsien Yang paid the money to Law Minister K. Shanmugam and Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in the wake of a High Court order.

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Lee Hsien Yang, younger brother of Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong, leaves court in 2017. Photo: AFP

China and Singapore must boost coordination as ‘stabilising forces’: Wang

Beijing’s top diplomat tells counterpart their countries can build on their strategic partnership in a world beset by turmoil and chaos.

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Elon Musk praises Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong for ‘wisdom’ on woke culture

The Tesla CEO shared a clip of Lee saying the wokeness movement leads to ‘extreme attitudes and social norms’.

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Singapore’s influencers rub shoulders with Lawrence Wong - is it a ‘sell-out’?

The influencers’ attendance at the PAP event has prompted questions on whether they should be transparent about their partnerships with the ruling party.

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Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and NoonTalk’s co-founder Dasmond Koh posing for a wefie at a People’s Action Party event in Singapore on June 8. Photo: @dasmondkoh/TikTok

Russian embassy in Singapore slams Zelensky’s Shangri-La Dialogue attendance

The embassy lashes out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for attempting to persuade the Global South to attend the summit.

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In Singapore, a cancelled talk on sex and gender reflects LGBTQ divide

Singapore repealed its anti-gay sex law in November 2022, but conservative values still run deep in the city state.

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Singapore ex-PM Lee’s brother ordered to pay US$296,000 for defaming ministers

A judge said Lee Hsien Yang made defamatory allegations against K. Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan ‘of the gravest kind’.

Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged brother of Singapore’s former prime minister Lee Hsien Loong. Photo: AFP

Asian Angle | The Singapore-China ties Lawrence Wong inherits from Lee Hsien Loong

Under Lee, bilateral ties were upgraded through economic initiatives and dialogue platforms – despite occasional political hiccups.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) meets Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Beijing in March 31. Photo: Xinhua via AP

Can Singapore’s opposition really win the next general election?

Such a scenario is unlikely, observers say, noting it could be a gambit by new PM Lawrence Wong to make voters go for the safe option of returning the PAP to power.

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‘Hainan pride’: online interest in ancestral ties of Singapore’s Lawrence Wong

Observers note the bump in online interest reflects blurred boundaries between Chinese nationality and ethnicity.

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Singapore’s Lawrence Wong vows to ‘never settle for status quo’ as new leader

Former government economist, 51, takes the reins from Lee Hsien Loong, scion of founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.

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Singapore’s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong speaks on the day he is sworn in as the country’s fourth prime minister at the Istana on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

Singapore’s new PM Lawrence Wong sworn in, pledges to ‘lead in our own way’

Singapore’s fourth prime minister sworn in on Wednesday evening, taking the reins at a time of intensifying great power rivalry abroad and an increased appetite for political opposition at home.

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Singapore’s new leader Lawrence Wong makes a speech after being sworn in at the Istana. Photo: AFP

The Loong goodbye: not the end of the political road for Singapore PM

Lee Hsien Loong has led the island nation through major challenges in his two decades behind the wheel and will hand over power on May 15.

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What will Singapore’s China ties look like under Lawrence Wong?

Singapore’s incoming prime minister is bracing himself for years of geopolitical unpredictability, as experts warn that heightened US-China tensions don’t leave much room for manoeuvre.

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Lee Hsien Loong
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Born
10 Feb 1952
Industry
Politics
Job Title
Former Prime Minister of Singapore
last updated:
7 October, 2024
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