Why does Singapore have so many awards named after Lee Kuan Yew?

The recent announcement of the new Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize got me thinking. How many awards are there in Singapore that are named after Lee Kuan Yew? I did an extensive web search and found 12:

1. Lee Kuan Yew Award for All-Round Excellence

2. Lee Kuan Yew Award for Mathematics and Science

3. Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize

4. Lee kuan Yew World City Prize

5. Lee Kuan Yew CCA Award

6. Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal

7. Lee Kuan Yew Award for Outstanding Normal Course Students

8. Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship To Encourage Upgrading (LKY-STEP)

9. Lee Kuan Yew Fellowship [NUS]

10. Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship Scheme

11. Lee Kuan Yew Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

12. Lee Kuan Yew National Education Award

There may be more but this is all that I have found so far.

The key question is: Why are there so many awards named after MM Lee? Is he the only pioneering leader of Singapore who deserves accolades and recognition? What about others like E.W. Barker, Lim Kim San and Goh Keng Swee?

Particularly disturbing is the number of educational awards and scholarships named after him. By attaching his name to such awards, Lee Kuan Yew is giving his name a firm and public association with prestige and achievement in the eyes of students.

Dictators usually erect statues, plaster their posters everywhere and construct grand monuments to create their cult of personality. Lee Kuan Yew seems to be tweaking this concept to suit Singapore. To get a "Lee Kuan Yew Award" is a very prestigious. By continually naming prizes after himself, MM Lee is assured of a prestigious legacy, even if it is undeserved, as his name has become an honour bestowed to many people.

What next? The Lee Kuan Yew Green Prize, The Lee Kuan Yew Sports Award, or the Lee Kuan Yew Biomedical prize? The possibilities are endless.

I regret that others more deserving in their respective fields have been left out just so that we can accommodate this egotistic and self-important man who thinks that he must have a hand in as many successes as possible, even if others slogged for it.