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29-07-2014, 04:30 PM
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Search ongoing for namesakes of former PM Lee Kuan Yew
Search for people with same name as former PM yields only one so far
http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/imagecache/ST_REVAMP_2014_STORY_PAGE_640X360/20140729/ST_20140729_RAYLKY29_531265e.jpg (http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/20140729/ST_20140729_RAYLKY29_531265e.jpg)
Mr Lee Kuang Yeo, a former fish farmer, has the same Chinese name as Singapore's founding prime minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. Pronounced guang yao in Mandarin, the name means "light and brightness". The search for others with either the same Chinese or English name as the famous Mr Lee is ongoing. -- PHOTO: SAM&SAM
BY RACHEL AU-YONG
One man raised fish, and the other a nation. But they have one thing in common.
Mr Lee Kuang Yeo, 70, is the only Singaporean with the same Chinese name as Singapore's founding prime minister that a three-month search has thrown up.
The search is being undertaken by photographers Samuel He, 31, and Sam Chin, 28, as part of a book project to mark Singapore's golden jubilee next year.
They are looking for people with the same name as Mr Lee Kuan Yew, to see how similar or different their lives have turned out from that of the country's best-known leader.
BACKGROUND STORY
BIG IMPACT
I guess Singaporeans are a bit paiseh (embarrassed in Hokkien) to name their children after someone so successful. Some friends suggested finding people with the same names as the ministers in the Cabinet, but... Mr Lee has more impact. His name stirs up equal amounts of pride and anger among Singaporeans.
- Mr Samuel He
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://singsupplies.com/showthread.php?186790-In-search-of-Lee-Kuan-Yew&goto=newpost).
Search ongoing for namesakes of former PM Lee Kuan Yew
Search for people with same name as former PM yields only one so far
http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/imagecache/ST_REVAMP_2014_STORY_PAGE_640X360/20140729/ST_20140729_RAYLKY29_531265e.jpg (http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/straitstimes.com/files/20140729/ST_20140729_RAYLKY29_531265e.jpg)
Mr Lee Kuang Yeo, a former fish farmer, has the same Chinese name as Singapore's founding prime minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. Pronounced guang yao in Mandarin, the name means "light and brightness". The search for others with either the same Chinese or English name as the famous Mr Lee is ongoing. -- PHOTO: SAM&SAM
BY RACHEL AU-YONG
One man raised fish, and the other a nation. But they have one thing in common.
Mr Lee Kuang Yeo, 70, is the only Singaporean with the same Chinese name as Singapore's founding prime minister that a three-month search has thrown up.
The search is being undertaken by photographers Samuel He, 31, and Sam Chin, 28, as part of a book project to mark Singapore's golden jubilee next year.
They are looking for people with the same name as Mr Lee Kuan Yew, to see how similar or different their lives have turned out from that of the country's best-known leader.
BACKGROUND STORY
BIG IMPACT
I guess Singaporeans are a bit paiseh (embarrassed in Hokkien) to name their children after someone so successful. Some friends suggested finding people with the same names as the ministers in the Cabinet, but... Mr Lee has more impact. His name stirs up equal amounts of pride and anger among Singaporeans.
- Mr Samuel He
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://singsupplies.com/showthread.php?186790-In-search-of-Lee-Kuan-Yew&goto=newpost).