Mr Lee Kuan Yew's red box on display at National Museum
The red box, used by the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew as his briefcase, will be displayed at the National Museum of Singapore from Thursday (Apr 2), as part of the memorial exhibition In Memoriam: Lee Kuan Yew.
The National Museum and National Heritage Board (NHB) announced in a joint news release that the box will be displayed together with other personal items from Mr Lee.
These include his barrister wig after he was admitted to the Bar, and the Rolex Oyster Perpetual watch presented to him by the Singapore Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers.
Education Minister Heng Swee Keat wrote about the box in a Facebook post on March 24. The box had been used by Mr Lee to carry and store files and papers that he was working on at any one time, until Feb 4, 2015, the day before he was hospitalised.
Mr Heng noted that the red box was a key feature in Mr Lee’s life and a symbol of Mr Lee’s unwavering dedication to Singapore.
"It has come to symbolise his work ethic, it has come to symbolise how he had worked to bring Singapore to where it is," said Mr Jervais Choo, senior assistant director of the National Museum of Singapore.
"While it is a new item that has recently been brought to public attention, I think that over time, people will start to appreciate it more and see how it is very much related to Mr Lee's contributions to Singapore."
Following the exhibition, the red box, along with the late Mr Lee's other personal objects, and parts of the memorial exhibition will be incorporated into the National Museum’s Singapore History Gallery when it reopens in September 2015. The gallery is currently under renovation.
In Memoriam: Lee Kuan Yew is open daily from 10am to 8pm at the National Museum of Singapore until Apr 26. Admission to this exhibition is free.
Since it opened last week on Mar 25, over 14,000 people have visited the exhibition.
Visitors to the museum said Mdm Ho Ching, Mr Lee Kuan Yew's daughter-in-law by marriage to his eldest son, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, was at the museum on Thursday afternoon.
~News courtesy of Channel News Asia~
The red box, used by the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew as his briefcase, will be displayed at the National Museum of Singapore from Thursday (Apr 2), as part of the memorial exhibition In Memoriam: Lee Kuan Yew.
The National Museum and National Heritage Board (NHB) announced in a joint news release that the box will be displayed together with other personal items from Mr Lee.
These include his barrister wig after he was admitted to the Bar, and the Rolex Oyster Perpetual watch presented to him by the Singapore Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers.
Education Minister Heng Swee Keat wrote about the box in a Facebook post on March 24. The box had been used by Mr Lee to carry and store files and papers that he was working on at any one time, until Feb 4, 2015, the day before he was hospitalised.
Mr Heng noted that the red box was a key feature in Mr Lee’s life and a symbol of Mr Lee’s unwavering dedication to Singapore.
"It has come to symbolise his work ethic, it has come to symbolise how he had worked to bring Singapore to where it is," said Mr Jervais Choo, senior assistant director of the National Museum of Singapore.
"While it is a new item that has recently been brought to public attention, I think that over time, people will start to appreciate it more and see how it is very much related to Mr Lee's contributions to Singapore."
Following the exhibition, the red box, along with the late Mr Lee's other personal objects, and parts of the memorial exhibition will be incorporated into the National Museum’s Singapore History Gallery when it reopens in September 2015. The gallery is currently under renovation.
In Memoriam: Lee Kuan Yew is open daily from 10am to 8pm at the National Museum of Singapore until Apr 26. Admission to this exhibition is free.
Since it opened last week on Mar 25, over 14,000 people have visited the exhibition.
Visitors to the museum said Mdm Ho Ching, Mr Lee Kuan Yew's daughter-in-law by marriage to his eldest son, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, was at the museum on Thursday afternoon.
~News courtesy of Channel News Asia~
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