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Family to donate value of late Singapore PM Lee Kuan Yew's residence to charity

Xinhua, December 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his brother Lee Hsien Yang have each agreed to donate half the value of Oxley Road house of their late father, Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, to charities named in Lee Kuan Yew's obituary notice, PM Lee announced on his Facebook on Friday.

Lee wrote that his siblings Lee Wei Ling and Lee Hsien Yang would like to honor the wish of their late father Lee Kuan Yew that the house at 38 Oxley Road be demolished after Lee Wei Ling ceases to live in it.

Lee added that he has recused himself from all government decisions involving 38 Oxley Road and, in his personal capacity, would also like to see this wish honored.

"Speaking as the children of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Dr Lee Wei Ling and Mr Lee Hsien Yang hope the government will allow the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew's wish for the demolition of the house to be honored and that all Singaporeans will support their cause," PM Lee wrote in his Facebook post.

Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew passed away on March 23 this year.

In his will, Lee Kuan Yew stated, "I further declare that it is my wish, and the wish of my late wife, Kwa Geok Choo, that our house at 38 Oxley Road, Singapore 238629 be demolished immediately after my death or if my daughter, Wei Ling, would prefer to continue living in the original house, immediately after she moves out of the House. I would ask each of my children to ensure our wishes with respect to the demolition of the House be carried out." Endit