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38 Oxley Road was the residence of Lee Kuan Yew from 1940s until his death in 2015. It is an 8-bedroom two-storey bungalow, inclusive of a basement. The first meeting of the People's Action Party was held at the basement.

The area in which the house was located was named after British doctor Thomas Oxley who owned a nutmeg plantation on the location in the late 1890's. The area was acquired by a Jewish merchant named Manasseh Meyer. The house was vacated by its European owners during the Japanese occupation and taken over by Japanese civilians.

The area is where Lee Kuan Yew, Kwa Geok Choo had stayed together with the family, among Lee Hsien Loong who had grown up before he got married with Ho Ching in 1985, shortly after the death of his wife, Wong Ming Yang due to heart attack. He had inherited two older children.