Singapore - Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew was discharged from a hospital after treatment for an abnormal heart rhythm, his office said Monday.

Lee, who turns 85 on Tuesday, was treated Saturday at Singapore General Hospital for atrial flutter and released Sunday.

Doctors pronounced the minister mentor's condition as stable, his office said. He was advised to resume his official schedule gradually.

From his hospital room, Lee delivered a speech Saturday night via video link to the Global UBS Philanthropy Forum.

Singapore - Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew was discharged from a hospital after treatment for an abnormal heart rhythm, his office said Monday.

Lee, who turns 85 on Tuesday, was treated Saturday at Singapore General Hospital for atrial flutter and released Sunday.

Doctors pronounced the minister mentor's condition as stable, his office said. He was advised to resume his official schedule gradually.

From his hospital room, Lee delivered a speech Saturday night via video link to the Global UBS Philanthropy Forum.

Singapore - Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew delivered a speech from his hospital room where he called for more compassion from Asia's wealthy toward the poor, local media reported Sunday.

Lee, who turns 85 on Tuesday, addressed 200 participants attending the Global UBS Philanthropy Forum via video link from Singapore General Hospital.

He apologized to the audience of social entrepreneurs and civil society representatives for not being with them.

Singapore - Lee Kuan Yew, the architect of modern Singapore and the country's founding father, underwent successful treatment for an abnormal heart rhythm, it was reported Saturday.

The 84-year-old minister mentor, under treatment at Singapore General Hospital, is expected to resume his normal duties soon, said Channel NewsAsia.

Approaching his 85th birthday on Tuesday, Lee is credited with transforming Singapore from a colonial backwater into a financial powerhouse.

While serving as the country's first prime minister for 31 years, critics said his methods were authoritarian. He currently holds an advisory position in the cabinet of Lee Hsien Loong, the senior Lee's 56-year-old son.

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