Titled LKY: Follow the Rainbow, Go Ride It, the book chronicles the life of Mr Lee and the key values that helped him and the country's other founding fathers to overcome challenges to transform Singapore.

SINGAPORE: All secondary school students will receive a copy of a book inspired by the country's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew to commemorate his first death anniversary. Mr Lee died last year on Mar 23, aged 91.

Titled LKY: Follow the Rainbow, Go Ride It, the book chronicles the life of Mr Lee and the key values that helped him and the country's other founding fathers to overcome challenges to transform Singapore.

Advertisement

Featuring extracts from newspaper articles and interviews with Mr Lee, his quotes as well as historical photographs, the book seeks to inspire readers to persevere regardless of the challenges they face in realising their dreams.



Teachers are encouraged to use the 64-page workbook as an additional resource, and guide students in completing the activities.



For example, one of the activities has students learning about how Mr Lee's vision of a corruption-free nation required tremendous moral courage. Students would then reflect on under which situations they could also exercise moral courage.

In all, 200,000 copies of the book will be distributed.

Advertisement

Advertisement

The workbook is targeted at teenagers aged 13 to 17 years old, and the initiative was funded by Mapletree Investments and Singapore Power. It was launched on Wednesday by Senior Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Josephine Teo at Bendemeer Secondary School.

