I am just very intrigued by the First Family of Singapore, Mr Lee Kuan Yew (LKY), the great man himself, his amazing wife, to his great children with great academic, political and business successes. And even more so, as the Founding Premier's mother, Mdm Chua Jim Neo better known as Mrs Leel Chin Koon, who was inducted to the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame some year ago.
The amazing thing is the she wrote a "Peranakan Cuisine" cookbook published in 1974 when she was 67 years old. And I have a copy of her book, not the original.
Mr Lee Kuan Yew's mother among 11 women inducted to Singapore Women's Hall of Fame
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8 Facts About Chua Jim Neo That Show She’s More Than Just Lee Kuan Yew’s Mother
Chua Jim Neo Published A Definitive Nyonya Cookbook At 67, 50 Years After Lee Kuan Yew’s Birth
Mdm Chua passed away on 8 August, 1980, at the age of 73. Here are 8 interesting facts about the woman that give us a glimpse into not only Mr Lee’s life, but as well as the Singapore of yesterday.
- Married at 15
- Stood her ground against her husband
- Saved her jewellery for LKY’s education
- Inducted into Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame
- Published a cookbook
- Her dad had 3 wives
- Complex fam web
- Driver’s licence cancelled by LKY
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Hall of Fame: Chua Jim Neo
Chua Jim Neo, better known as Mrs Lee Chin Koon, wrote her definitive Mrs Lee’s Cookbook in 1974 when she was 67 years old. At an age when many women of her generation were content to play with their grandchildren, Jim Neo decided to produce a cookbook so that future generations would have access to the intricacies of the Peranakan cuisine. The book, reprinted many times, is considered one of the most authoritative on Peranakan cuisine in Singapore.
Born in 1907, Jim Neo was the eldest child of Neo Ah Soon and wealthy Hokkien businessman Chua Kim Teng from Pontianak in Dutch Borneo. At age 15, she married Lee Chin Koon, a storekeeper, in an arranged marriage. She had five children, a daughter and four boys, the eldest of whom was Kuan Yew, who became prime minister of Singapore in 1959.
In his memoirs, Kuan Yew described his mother thus: “She devoted her life to raising her children to be well-educated and independent professionals, and she stood up to my father to safeguard their future. My brothers, my sister and I were very conscious of her sacrifices; we felt we could not let her down and did our best to be worthy of her and to live up to her expectations.”
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Discover ideas about Lee Kuan Yew
Family Portrait Mr Lee Kuan Yew (in black) in a family portrait the night before he left for England for further studies. Clockwise from left, Mr Lee's siblings Monica, Dennis, Freddy and Suan Yew, his mother Chua Jim Neo and father Lee Chin Koon.
Reference :-
https://undertheangsanatree.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-familee-tree.html
https://anythingandwhatever.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/persisting-despite-everything/
https://anythingandwhatever.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/why-i-choose-to-remain-single/
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