[Biographies of legendary Asian celebrities | Founding Father of Singapore | Presidential Memoirs | On China and the World] How a Chinese changed the world structure, from a barren island to the top of the world. It tells the life course of the legendary Lee Kuan Yew according to time and events. Lee Kuan Yew is a Singaporean Chinese, the former Prime Minister of Singapore, and is known as the "Father of Singapore". He was born in Singapore on September 16, 1923. He became prime minister at the age of 35 and announced his retirement at the age of 87. It can be said that one person led Singapore for an era. He pursued an iron-fist policy and centralized power to govern the country. During his administration, he turned a poor island into one of the Four Asian Tigers, with its per capita income ranking fourth in the world and first in Asia.
