Up Close with Lee Kuan Yew gathers some of the vivid memories of 37 people who have workedor interacted closely with Lee Kuan Yew in some way or other, from when he wasat Raffles College in 1941 right up to his demise in 2015. Among these are his 13 PrincipalPrivate Secretaries and Special Assistants, and Mdm Yeong Yoon Ying, his PressSecretary of over 20 years. The others include former President S.R. Nathan,Puan Noor Aishah who is the widow of President Yusof Ishak, former ChiefJustice Yong Pung How, and friends such as Robert Kuok from his Raffles Collegedays. This book captures an unvarnished look at what it was like to interact with the serious andno nonsense Mr Lee, both at work and outside of work.