{"id":88601,"date":"2026-09-28T20:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=88601"},"modified":"2026-09-28T20:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:56:01","slug":"singapore-leaders-offer-condolences-over-death-of-mahathirs-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=88601","title":{"rendered":"Singapore leaders offer condolences over death of Mahathir&#8217;s wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a Facebook post that he was saddened by her death, adding that he had known Dr Hasmah for many years and always enjoyed meeting her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was warm and gracious, full of life, and had a wonderful sense of humour,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Lee also recalled Dr Hasmah\u2019s love of music and the violin, noting that she continued performing well into her 90s, including to raise funds for charity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer zest for life was remarkable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Lee added that, as a doctor, Dr Hasmah had devoted much of her life to improving the health and well-being of Malaysians, particularly women, children, and families.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHo Ching and I will remember Tun Siti Hasmah fondly. Our deepest condolences to Tun Mahathir and his family during this difficult time. May she rest in peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/malaysia-siti-hasmah-mahathir-wife-dies-singapore-leaders-condolences-6415106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a Facebook post that he was saddened by her death, adding that he had known Dr Hasmah for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s---b5FUkzj--\/c_crop,h_830,w_1476,x_0,y_32\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:mediacorp,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/09\/28\/raj_drsiti1a.jpg?itok=-4Et859l","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[479,159,592,30762,1875,22,937],"class_list":["post-88601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-condolences","tag-death","tag-leaders","tag-mahathirs","tag-offer","tag-singapore","tag-wife","wpcat-2-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/88602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}