Writing board used by Lee Kuan Yew

Title
Writing board used by Lee Kuan Yew
Year/Period
Mid-1990s
Region
Singapore
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 46.0 x 62.5 x 26.0 cm,
Object size: 26.5 x 61.5 x 41.0 cm
Accession No.
2021-00475
Credit Line
Gift of the Prime Minister's Office

This writing board was custom-made by Mr Ho Pak Yean, an employee of the Public Works Department of Singapore (PWD, now known as CPG Corporation), for Mr Lee Kuan Yew upon his request around the time when he was writing his memoirs in the 1990s. Mr Lee used the board at his office desk to read documents, amend draft memoirs and letters, and sign day-to-day documents, his memoirs, and other publications. The writing board was placed on his office desk up until Mr Lee’s last days in the office.