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Chua Jim Neo was born on 1905 in Singapore, Straits Settlements, is a Singaporean writer. Discover Chua Jim Neo's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?

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Occupation Chef · cookbook writer
Age 75 years old
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Born 1905
Birthday 1905
Birthplace Singapore, Straits Settlements
Date of death 8 August, 1980
Died Place Singapore
Nationality Singapore

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Her husband is Lee Chin Koon

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Children 5 (including Lee Kuan Yew)

Chua Jim Neo Net Worth

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1905

Chua was born in Singapore in 1905 to Chua Kim Teng, a wealthy local businessman, and Liong A Soen (aka Neo Ah Soon), a Chinese Indonesian of Hakka descent who hailed from Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Dutch Borneo (present-day Indonesia).

While her father was born in Singapore, her paternal grandfather came from a Hokkien Peranakan family in Malacca, Malaysia with ancestry from Haicheng, Zhangzhou, Fujian.

Her parents arranged a marriage for her to a storekeeper, named Lee Chin Koon, and they married when she was fifteen.

Chua had five children and her oldest son was Lee Kuan Yew, who went on to become the first Prime Minister of Singapore.

Chua saved her family jewelry and money, managing household finances and helping Kuan Yew attend law school in Britain.

1974

In 1974, she wrote Mrs. Lee's Cookbook: Nonya Recipes and Other Favorite Recipes in order to preserve the heritage of Peranakan cuisine (also known as nyonya or nyonya/baba cuisine), which combines Straits Chinese cooking with Malay-style cooking.

Chua, a nyonya (Peranakan Chinese woman), was considered a "highly respected authority" on the subject.

The original publication included a preface by her cousin Wee Kim Wee, who was then serving as the high commissioner to Malaysia and would later become President of Singapore.

1980

Chua Jim Neo (1905 – 8 August 1980) was a Singaporean chef and cookbook writer best known for Mrs. Lee's Cookbook, which preserves the recipes of Peranakan cuisine.

Chua was also the mother of Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore and the paternal grandmother of Lee Hsien Loong, the third Prime Minister of Singapore.

Chua died on 8 August 1980, and was cremated at the Mount Vernon Columbarium.

2003

The cookbook was updated and republished in 2003 by her granddaughter, Lee Shermay.

2015

She was inducted posthumously in to the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame in 2015.