President Ma Ying-jeou sent condolences to Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew over the death of his wife, who died earlier Saturday, a spokesman said. The president and Vice President Vincent Siew had been briefed on the news and both sent their condolences, said Presidential Office spokesman Lo Chih-chiang. Messages of condolences were conveyed via Taiwan's representative to Singapore, Vanessa Shih, according to Lo. Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of the Singapore's first prime minister and the mother of its current leader, died after suffering strokes in 2008. She was 89. 