(Reuters) - New Zealand's sports minister has called for a review of the country's guidelines on transgender athletes in community sport following criticism from Olympians that they ignore female athletes' rights and undermine fairness and safety.
Dr Lee Wei Ling 's death was announced by her brother,Lee Hsien Yang, in a Facebook post on Oct 9. - ST FILE
The condition affects physical movements, walking, balance and eye movements, and eventually swallowing, and can lead to serious complications such as pneumonia and choking. Born in 1955 into one of Singapore’s most well-known families, Dr Lee was the only daughter and middle child of Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Madam Kwa Geok Choo.Dr Lee’s achievements were chronicled in newspaper articles over the years, such as when she became one of the youngest Singaporeans to attain a black belt in karate in 1970, and when she graduated top of her class year after year and became a President’s Scholar in 1973.
“At our father’s funeral in 2015, Ling closed her eulogy thus ‘I can’t break down , I am a Hakka woman.’ Ling, I am less stoic than you,” he wrote. SM Lee said his sister stayed on at the Lee family home at 38 Oxley Road with their parents after he and Lee Hsien Yang married and moved out. Dr Lee and Lee Hsien Yang were the joint administrators and executors of Lee Kuan Yew’s will. In 2017, they made public their dispute with SM Lee over the will with regard to 38 Oxley Road.
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