last respects at the Istana, where his body laid in state. Wee was survived by his wife of 69 years, Koh Sok Hiong (1916–2018), their son Bill Wee Hock Kee (1936–2015), six daughters, 13 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren. In 2006, Nanyang Technological University renamed its School of Communication Studies after Wee to the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information. The Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies at Singapore Management University, renamed after Wee as the Wee Kim Wee Centre. Wee Kim Wee Legacy Fund at Nanyang Technological University is named after him. References Bibliography Wee Kim Wee (2004), Glimpses and Reflections. Landmark Books, Singapore. On The Record: The Journalistic Legacy of President Wee Kim Wee. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. and Wee Eng Hwa (2010), "Cooking For The President" - a cookbook of Peranakan recipes from Wee's wife, recorded by his daughter Wee Eng Hwa. The cookbook includes much details of Wee's personal life with photographs. Speech by Wee Eng Hwa at the launch of Wee Kim Wee School Of Communication And Information, 5 December 2006 at The Istana, Singapore. Former President Wee Kim Wee dies at the age of 89, Channel News Asia, 2 May 2005. External links Tribute Page to the Late Mr Wee Kim Wee WEE KIM WEE 1915 births 2005 deaths Singaporean Buddhists Deaths from prostate cancer Peranakan people in Singapore Presidents of Singapore Singaporean journalists Singaporean politicians of Chinese descent Deaths from cancer in Singapore Raffles Institution alumni High Commissioners of Singapore to Malaysia Ambassadors of Singapore to Japan Ambassadors of Singapore to South Korea Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Recipients of the Darjah Utama Temasek 20th-century journalists