Posts Tagged ‘condition’

Lee Kuan Yew is dead.  PMO: The Prime Minister is deeply grieved to announce the passing of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, the founding Prime Minister of Singapore. Mr Lee passed away peacefully at the Singapore General Hospital today at 3.18am. He was 91. Arrangements for the public to pay respects and for the funeral proceedings […]


The Prime Minister’s Office continues to set new press release shortness records: Mr Lee Kuan Yew has weakened further today.  


The end is near.  CNN: The health of Singapore’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, who has been in hospital with pneumonia since February 5, has deteriorated further, the government said Wednesday. The Prime Minister’s Office had said Tuesday that Lee, 91, who is on a ventilator in the intensive care unit of Singapore General […]


CNA:  Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s condition remains largely unchanged since the previous update on Saturday, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement on Friday (Mar 6). His doctors are continuing to monitor his condition, the statement added. In a Feb 28 statement, the PMO said: “He remains sedated and on mechanical ventilation in […]


Lee Kuan Yew apparently remains alive, barely.  ST: Former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew remains warded in the Intensive Care Unit at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH), according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Thursday morning. Mr Lee is still sedated and on mechanical ventilation, the statement said. It added that […]


Lee Kuan Yew follows up on his daughter’s disclosure of his condition.   Today: Speaking to reporters, who asked for his comments on the news, Mr Lee said: “We learn to adjust. It started two years ago when I was 86. And at 86, many of my contemporaries are either on wheelchairs or aren’t around. So […]