SINGAPORE, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Singapore's heritage board will assess if founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's home should be preserved as a national monument, the culture ministry said on Thursday.

Lee Kuan Yew, who died in 2015, was both feared for his authoritarian tactics and admired worldwide for turning the city-state into one of the world’s richest nations.

Mr. Lee is a son of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founder and former prime minister. He wrote from London. My father, Lee Kuan Yew, was the founder of Singapore.