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Former Senior Minister of State, PAP MP Lee Khoon Choy dies
POSTED: 27 Feb 2016 16:30 **UPDATED: 27 Feb 2016 21:57

Former Singapore politician and diplomat Lee Khoon Choy.

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SINGAPORE: Former Senior Minister of State and People's Action Party Member of Parliament Lee Khoon Choy died on Saturday (Feb 27). He was 92.*

Mr Lee, who served Singapore as a politician and a diplomat, entered politics when he was elected as the Legislative Assemblyman for Bukit Panjang in 1959.*He subsequently lost his seat in Bukit Panjang, but*was in 1965 elected as the Assemblyman for Hong Lim in a legislative assembly by-election. Mr Lee was later a Member of Parliament for Braddell Heights before stepping down from*politics*in 1984.

During his political career, Mr Lee started out as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Culture, and was later promoted to Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in the 1970s.*

Mr Lee's diplomatic career saw him serving as Singapore's Ambassador to Egypt, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea, among other countries. He then returned to Singapore and retired from public service in 1988.

Prior to his involvement in politics, Mr Lee was a journalist with both Mandarin and English publications, including*Nanyang Siang Pau and The Straits Times.*

After Mr Lee retired from politics, he founded a property firm, Eng Lee Investment Consultants, in 1990. Mr Lee has also served as an independent director to Metro Holdings, among other appointments.*

SINGAPORE LEADERS PAY TRIBUTE TO MR LEE

President Tony Tan paid tribute to Mr Lee on Saturday evening. Referring to him as a "remarkable man", Dr Tan said he first knew Mr Lee when he was elected to Parliament in 1979 and joined the Cabinet as Senior Minister of State for Education.*

"Mr Lee was always helpful and readily shared his experience and advice on the workings of the Cabinet and Parliament," said Dr Tan in a Facebook post, adding that they both kept in touch after Mr Lee retired from politics.*

"It was a privilege for me to have worked with him as a Cabinet colleague and Member of Parliament. His passing is a loss to Singapore and to many of us," Dr Tan said.



Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean said in a Facebook post on Saturday afternoon that Mr Lee was "a giant of our times".*

"He played a key role in putting our relations with Indonesia on a firm footing in the early 1970s after Konfrontasi and the MacDonald House bombing when he was ambassador in Jakarta. May he rest in peace and may current and future generations learn from the past for a peaceful and better future," said DPM Teo.*


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