By DPA,
Singapore : Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of modern Singapore, was hospitalised late Wednesday for treatment of a chest infection, media reports said.
The 87-year-old was supposed to attend the wake for a senior minister who died Monday, but was instead admitted to Singapore General Hospital, said a statement from Lee’s press secretary posted on the Channelnewsasia website.
Lee was Singapore’s first prime minister. Under his government, the city-state developed from a third-world port to one of Asia’s wealthiest countries in just three decades.
Since stepping down in 1990, Lee has retained great influence in Singapore as an advisor to the government.
Currently, he serves as a minister mentor in the cabinet of his son, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.