What accent do Lee Kuan Yew and Lee Hsien Loong have?

About Lee Kuan Yew: He speaks with a mild British accent, but, before a Harvard audience, he frequently used American idioms and seemed to have read everything published in the United States--from daily newspapers to the texts of Presidential speeches. read more

Lee Kuan Yew speaks proper English unlike the people he rules over who speaks in gutter Singlish. It is a bit of a stuff English but acceptable to the ear. The government has tried to stamp out Singlish but the people are incapable of learning. This is one of the failures of Lee Kuan Yew. read more

Lee Hsien Loong entered politics after army life, and was a Brigadier-General. Father Lee Kuan Yew however, owns the Order of St Michael and St George and Order of the Companions of Honour. It’s okay, PM Lee; you have 19 more years to catch up. No stress there. Source 3. Health. Lee Kuan Yew was known to be health-conscious, as this video illustrates. read more

The eldest child of Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his wife Kwa Geok Choo, Lee Hsien Loong was born in Singapore on 11 February 1952. His paternal grandmother, Chua Jim Neo, was a Hokkien Nyonya, and his mother has ancestry from Tong'an District, Xiamen, Fujian, China. read more