Lee Kuan YewStory of success

16 Sep 1923 – 23 Mar 2015

Mr Lee’s Red Box

What’s in the box?

Lesson 1: Be committed to your country

“Even from my sick bed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave

and I feel something is going wrong, I will get up.”

• — From the 1988 National Day Rally

The World

Lesson 2: Sometimes you need to make

unpopular decisions to

reach your goal

Saying “No” and make the right

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Lesson 3: Speak with power

Lesson 4: Be kind

Lesson 5: Be a loyal and devoted husband

His brother recalled how at family

dinners, “at 10pm … he’ll say: ‘I’m sorry I have to leave you now’ and go back

home and read her favourite

storybooks”. Even when abroad, he

would speak to her via webcam.

Singaporeans remember him…

StudentOng Yi Teck

“The greatest tribute that Singaporeans can pay him is … to make Singapore an even better home.”

President Tony Tan

Reflections1. Which tribute was the most

meaningful to me? Why?2. What can I do to show my

love for my nation, just as Mr Lee Kuan Yew did?

3. What can I do to make my country a better home?