Lee Wei Ling

Singaporean neurologist
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李玮玲
Born
Lee Wei Ling

(1955-01-08) 8 January 1955 (age 69) [1]
Singapore
Alma materUniversity of Singapore (MBBS)OccupationNeurologistParent(s)Lee Kuan Yew (father)
Kwa Geok Choo (mother)FamilyLee 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.

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 paediatrics.[2]

She began working in the paediatric 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hero worship of the founding Prime Minister.[5] In 2016, an editor at The Straits Times accused Lee of plagiarism in an unpublished article.[6][7] Lee has publicly supported freedom of speech[8] and stated that she would cease writing for the newspaper following the editorial dispute.[9]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]

Publications

  • "Lee Wei Ling - A Hakka Woman's Singapore" (2015).[25]

References

  1. ^ "Today is Wei Ling's birthday. She was born in 1955". Facebook.
  2. ^ "To what end, all the President's Scholars?". The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. ^ Lee, Wei Ling (2015). A Hakka Woman's Singapore (1st ed.). Straits Times Press. pp. 274–277. ISBN 978-981-4642-47-7.
  4. ^ "Lee Wei Ling's candid views make for a page-turner". The Straits Times. 27 September 2015. ISSN 0585-3923.
  5. ^ Lee, Justina. "Family feud over 'hero worship' erupts in Singapore". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  6. ^ Tan, Martino (9 April 2016). "Straits Times editor claims Lee Wei Ling plagiarised whole paragraphs for her unpublished commentary". mothership.sg.
  7. ^ "ST never brought up issue of plagiarism, Lee Wei Ling responds to ST's accusation - Singapore News". The Independent Singapore News. 9 April 2016.
  8. ^ Ungku, Fathin (15 August 2016). "Singapore parliament passes controversial contempt of court bill". Reuters.
  9. ^ "Lee Wei Ling: I will no longer write for SPH". Yahoo News. 1 April 2016.
  10. ^ "Lee Wei Ling diagnosed with rare brain disorder with no cure, wishes it was a nightmare". AsiaOne. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  11. ^ Wong, Marcus (17 September 2022). "Lee Kuan Yew's Daughter Sells Bungalow for S$50 Million: ST". Bloomberg.com.
  12. ^ Tan, Fiona (17 September 2022). "Haidilao co-founder buys Lee Wei Ling's Good Class Bungalow at Cluny Hill for S$50 million". mothership.sg.
  13. ^ Holmes, Oliver (14 June 2017). "Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong denounced by siblings". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  14. ^ Kotwani, Monica; Zhu, Melissa; See Kit, Tang (3 July 2017). "PAP MPs raise questions over Oxley Road dispute in Parliament debate". CNA. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  15. ^ Abu Baker, Jalelah; Chia, Lianne (3 July 2017). "'An ugly media circus': Workers' Party urges settlement of Oxley Road dispute in court". CNA. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  16. ^ Chua, Alivin. "Lee Chin Koon". Singapore Infopedia.
  17. ^ "Kuan Yew's brother Dennis dies". Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  18. ^ a b c d "Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore, and his family, 1989 – BookSG". National Library Board, Singapore. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  19. ^ "Lee Kuan Yew bids farewell to brother". Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  20. ^ "The Lee Kuan Yew I remember: His sister Monica Lee, 85". Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  21. ^ Lee Kuan Yew (1998). The Singapore Story. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish.
  22. ^ Chua, Mui Hoong (19 October 2003). "From the archives: Private side of DPM Lee". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  23. ^ Wong, Chun Han (14 July 2017). "Singapore, a Model of Orderly Rule, Is Jolted by a Bitter Family Feud". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  24. ^ a b c d e f g Stolarchuk, Jewel (4 October 2020). "Rare interview: Li Shengwu felt like the first grandson to Mr and Mrs Lee". The Independent Singapore. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  25. ^ "A Hakka Woman's Singapore Stories (English)".

External links

  • Lee Wei Ling on Facebook