Funeral of Mr Lee Kuan Yew

Suituapui was asking me if i attended the funeral of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew.  Newspapers, website, etc.  has the route in which the cortege will passed by for the State Funeral in University Cultural Centre.

I did not arrived early as i went to Church in the morning.  Usually i do not have the habit to check the weather forecast about the weather.  When i arrived at 12.30pm, it was raining very heavy, with me is only an umbrella and i did not bring raincoat.

There were already many people there, but i manage to stand in one spot and catch the last glimpse of the cortege pass-by.

Crowds on the opposite side of the road

Some were on the void deck of the flats

Parliament House (27th March 2015)

Went on another day with 2 of my friends, one of them, when reached, saw the queue and also that the weather is hot, backed out, so left 2 of us.

Met my friends at one of my friend house at 6.45am, the other friend was late and reach around 7am, and she drove to Harbourfront where she park her car there (her hubby is working there and the parking there is free), then we took the MRT to City Hall.  We reach there around 7.45am.

Queue that forms up to pay their last respect to Mr Lee Kuan Yew

Queue that is in front of us

Flowers that the public brought along

We waited at this tentage for about 2 hours

Took picture along the way

The crowds

The crowds

The lady introduce herself as Media from Indonesia and interviewed the public

Umbrellas for the public to shield from the sun, but have to return

Water is provided

Cards that is wrote by the public

Reaching the security check area

We took about 4 hours 45 mins to pay our last respect to Mr Kuan Yew as we left around 12.30pm.

Parliament House

Mr Lee Kuan Yew body lies at the Parliament House from 25th March to 28th March for the public to pay their last respect.  Funeral is on 29th March.

Went to pay last respect with my mum at the Parliament House.

When we got out from the City Hall MRT Station, we saw the queue that starts to form even before the traffic light.

Queue at the Padang

There's a priority queue for the elderly (60 and above), pregnant, with special needs.  As my mum is above 60 years old, my mum gets to queue at the priority queue.  The queue took us 1 hours.

Bus that is provided to ferry people there

Q in front of me

Q that is behind me

Water is provided

Moveable toilet

School students also went to pay their last respect to Mr Lee

Took picture while waiting in the queue

Security check before entering Parliament House

Nobody is allowed to bring flowers into the building, those who bring flowers have to leave it outside.

Saw a big board there

Tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew

After seeing Claire off at the Causeway Link bus station in Jurong East, i walk over to the Community Tribute Pavilion which is set up near JCube to pay Tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew who passed away on 23rd March 2015 at 3.18am at the age of 91 years old.

There are signs around to inform us of the location

The entrance

There are numbers on the floor and the ushers will usher us to the available slots for us to pay tribute.

Taken from the side

There's a big screen showing our Prime Minister Mr Lee Hsien Loong being interviewed about the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew.

On the side, there are pictures showing about Mr Lee Kuan Yew during the earlier years.

For the public to pen down what they have for Mr Lee Kuan Yew

A booklet was given