Njengoba kunombhalo ongasisiza ngoLee Kuan Yew, ngitshele ukuthi wazalwa nini, waba nini umongameli, nokuthi yini eyaba yimpumelelo yakhe edume kunazo zonke ngesikhathi esesikhundleni.
Context:U-Lee wazalwa ekhaya ngo-16 Septhemba 1923, eyingane yokuqala ka-Lee Chin Koon, waseSingapore owazalelwa eSemarang, noChua Jim Neo, e-92 Kampong Java Road eSingapore, ngaleso sikhathi eyayiyingxenye yoMbuso waseBrithani. Bobabili abazali bakaLee babeyi-English-educated third-generation Straits Chinese, ohlangothini lukayise babeyinzalo kaHakka waseDabu County. Waqanjwa ngokuthi 'Kuan Yew',[a] okusho ukuthi 'ukukhanya nokukhanya', okusho ukuthi 'ukuletha inkazimulo enkulu kokhokho bakhe'. Umkhulu kaLee uLee Hoon Leong, ochazwe ngokuthi "ngokuyinhloko ungowaseNtshonalanga", wayesebenze emikhunjini yaseBrithani njengomgcini wezincwadi, futhi ngenxa yalokho wanika uLee igama laseNtshonalanga elithi 'Harry'  NjengoNdunankulu kusukela ngo - 1959 kuya ku - 1990, uLee wahola intuthuko eningi yaseSingapore. Wabheka ukuguqulwa kweSingapore isuka esiqhingini esinenani eliphakeme lokungafundi futhi ingenazo izinsiza zemvelo yaba yizwe elithuthukile elinomnotho onemali ephezulu ngaphakathi kwesizukulwane esisodwa, esivame ukubizwa (kusuka emlandweni wakhe) ngokuthi 'Kusuka ezweni lesithathu kuya ezweni lokuqala'. Umkhiqizo kazwelonke ophelele (GNP) womuntu ngamunye waseSingapore wenyuka usuka ku-$1,240 ngo-1959 waya ku-$18,437 ngo-1990. Izinga lokungasebenzi eSingapore lehla lisuka ku-13,5% ngo-1959 laya ku-1,7% ngo-1990. Ukuhwebelana namazwe angaphandle kwanda kusuka ku-$7.3 billion ngo-1959 kuya ku-$205 billion ngo-1990. Kwezinye izindawo, isikhathi sokuphila lapho izakhamuzi zaseSingapore zizalwa sakhuphuka sisuka eminyakeni engu-65 ngo-1960 saya eminyakeni engu-74 ngo-1990. Inani labantu baseSingapore landa lisuka ezigidini ezingu-1,6 ngo-1959 laya ezigidini ezintathu ngo-1990. Inani lamafulethi omphakathi eSingapore lenyuka lisuka ku - 22 975 ngo - 1959 (ngaleso sikhathi ngaphansi kweSingapore Improvement Trust) laya ku - 667 575 ngo - 1990. Izinga lokufunda nokubhala laseSingapore lenyuka lisuka ku-52% ngo-1957 laya ku-90% ngo-1990. Izintambo zocingo ngabakhileyo baseSingapore abangu - 100 zanda zisuka kwezintathu ngo - 1960 zaya kwezingu - 38 ngo - 1990. Ukufika kwezivakashi eSingapore kwanda kusuka ku-100.000 ngo-1960 kuya ezigidini ezingu-5,3 ngo-1990.
ULee Kuan Yew wazalwa ngo - September 16, 1923. Waba nguNdunankulu wokuqala waseSingapore kusukela ngo-1959 kuya ku-1990. Impumelelo yakhe edume kakhulu ehhovisi yayibheka ukuguqulwa kweSingapore isuka esiqhingini esinenani eliphakeme lokungafundi futhi ingenazo izinsiza zemvelo yaba yizwe elithuthukile elinomnotho onemali ephezulu ngaphakathi kwesizukulwane esisodwa, esivame ukubizwa (kusuka emlandweni wakhe) ngokuthi 'Kusuka ezweni lesithathu kuya ezweni lokuqala.