Lee kuan yew's state funeral procession

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UPDATES FROM LEE KUAN YEW'S STATE FUNERAL PROCESSION

Post date:
29 Mar 2015 - 12:56pm









Lee Kuan Yew's state funeral procession started at 12:30pm to cover a path of 15.4kms from Parliament House to NUS Cultural Centre.
Despite the heavy rain, Singaporeans and foreigners alike lined the streets to pay their final respects to Mr Lee Kuan Yew, the man widely regarded as the founding father of Singapore.
The PAP facebook page shared this touching photo of the first NDP in 1968 when it also rained heavily:

The shared:
It rained heavily at NDP68, our first National Day Parade.
The VIPs at City Hall were unsure what to do... Mr Lee Kuan Yew sat in his seat in the heavy downpour and said,
"The whole world is watching us to see what we are made of. We will brave on."
And brave the rain they did.
Today, 29 March 2015, in his procession, a rain is upon us again.
And brave the rain we will.
Here are some photos from the procession:

The procession is travelling at about 25kmh.







As Mr Lee’s casket, mounted on a ceremonial gun carriage, left the Parliament porch, eight former and serving MPs, acting as the pallbearers, sent him off.
They include NTUC's first chairman, Mr Mahmud Awang, former Government Whip Chan Chee Seng and former opposition MP Chiam See Tong. Ng Eng Hen - Defence Minister, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong, Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport Josephine Teo, Minister of State for National Development and Defence Dr Maliki Osman and Nominated MP K. Karthikeyan.
The pallbearers were followed by his family members, which included Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to the accompaniment of the funeral march played by the SAF Military Band.
The cortege is led by four guard-of-honour contingents from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and the Singapore Police Force (SPF). They played a funeral march.
A 21 gun salute was fired in his honour as the Singapore Air Force mounted a flypast.



Singaporeans were seen waving flags as the procession passed by.

People have been seen crying and holding flags as well as placards saying thanks to Mr Lee Kuan Yew. The public were also seen singing and chanting his name as the procession passed by.

After paying their respects to the passing procession, the road barriers were moved to allow the public to start making their way home.
Servicemen line the street and salute while one man sheds a tear.

The procession arrived at the NUS cultural centre for the funeral ceremony and Mr Lee's Coffin was taken inside.




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