Lee Kuan Yew died this weekend. He is lately responsible for designing and implementing the policies that transformed Singapore from a poor fishing village to a commercial hub. The transformation came at a price of course. Singapore enjoys limited free speech and the country is effectively a one-party state, with the one party now controlled by Lee Kuan Yew’s son. Regardless of the faults, the transformation itself is remarkable. And the Economist put together a timeline to showcase that.
![The Life of Lee Kuan Yew and Singapore's development](https://coffeespoons.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_20150323_082536.png)
Credit for the piece goes to the Economist’s graphics department.