Neo (given Name)
Neo is a given name of the following notable people: *Chua Jim Neo (1905–1980), Singaporean chef and cookbook writer * Gen Neo (born 1989), Singaporean singer-songwriter, producer and composer *Neo Maema (born 1995), South African football midfielder *Neo Makama (born 1981), Mosotho football striker *Neo Masisi, First Lady of Botswana *Neo Masithela (born 1966), South African politician and businessman *Neo Moroka, politician and businessman in Botswana *Neo Mothiba (born 1982), South African basketball player *Neo Ntsoma (born 1972), South African photographer * Neo Rauch (born 1960), German artist *Neo Sora (born 1991), American film director and screenwriter *Neo Yau (born 1990), Hong Kong-based actor {{given name ...
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Chua Jim Neo
Chua Jim Neo (; 1905 – 7 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. Biography 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 people, Hakka descent who hailed from Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). While her father was born in Singapore, her paternal grandfather came from a Hokkien people, Hokkien Peranakan family in Malacca, Malaysia with ancestry from Haicheng, Fujian, Haicheng, Zhangzhou, Fujian. Her parents then arranged a marriage for her to a storekeeper named Lee Chin Koon and they married when she was sixteen, whilst he was eighteen years old in 1921. Chua and Lee ha ...
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