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 Hsien Yang receives friends and family members paying their respects to the late Lee Kuan Yew during a private family wake at the Presidential Palace in Singapore on March 24, 2015.

Singapore temporarily blocked the demolition of the house of its first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, as it weighs whether to preserve the property that has sparked a yearslong feud among his children.

Lee Kuan Yew's three children - eldest Lee Hsien Loong, who was Singapore's third Prime Minister, his sister Lee Wei Ling and younger brother Lee Hsien Yang - were split on what to do with their ...

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.