—Anchalee Kongrut, Economic Observer—

Lee Kuan Yew’s most popular book is From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000. Lee Kuan Yew also spelled as Lee Kwan Yew 李光耀 is known as a very successful politician, born in Singapore, Mr.Lee successfully turned Singapore from a third world to first world.The other 2 non western countries that managed to reach developed status are Taiwan and South Korea, but both are still behind Singapore in term of Human Development Index (HDI) and Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). The late Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) is probably the best orator in Singapore's history.

Lee Kuan Yew has 30 books on Goodreads with 34144 ratings. No other Singaporean is as quoted as him. Lee Kuan Yew, GCMG, CH, SPMJ (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew, 16 September 1923 - 23 March 2015), informally known by his initials LKY, was the first Prime Minister of Singapore, governing for more than three decades from 1959 to 1990, including through Singapore's independence from Malaysia in 1965. Love him, or hate him, when the man speaks, people sit up and listen. No other Singaporean is as quoted as him.

Lee Kuan Yew is probably the best orator in Singapore's history. As Prime Minister in the 1980s, two of Mr Lee Kuan Yew's fiercest opponents were veteran opposition politicians Chiam See Tong and the late J. Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World is an anthology of interviews and speeches Lee has given over the last four decades…readers will find themselves entertained and challenged by Lee Kuan Yew's lucidity, powerful arguments and acerbic tongue.