LKY’S LEGACY
People wave national flags during Singapore’s 50th National day anniversary celebration at the Padang in Singapore on August 9. Singapore celebrated 50 years of independence on August 9 with a grand parade, hailing a remarkable transformation from colonial backwater to regional powerhouse, for the first time without its revered founding leader Lee Kuan Yew. AFP PHOTO
People wave national flags during Singapore’s 50th National day anniversary celebration at the Padang in Singapore on August 9. Singapore celebrated 50 years of independence on August 9 with a grand parade, hailing a remarkable transformation from colonial backwater to regional powerhouse, for the first time without its revered founding leader Lee Kuan Yew. AFP PHOTO
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s founding leader Lee Kuan Yew, shattered by the death of his wife, asked his doctors about the possibility of euthanasia in his final years, his daughter revealed Monday.