Lee kuan yew is a singaporean politician considered by many as the founding father of modern Singapore.his three decades of governance saw singapore’s independence from Malaysia and the transformation of the country into a “first world Asian tiger.” Lee kuan yew is one of the original founders of the association of southeast Asian nations and remains on of asia’s most influential political figures. One of the most striking statements he made in his political career was said in a 1988 national day rally. He said:”even from my sick bed,even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel something is going wrong, I will get up.”not a surprising statement from one of the longest-serving ministers in history.