HENRY KISSINGER RICHARD HU HENG SWEE KEAT S R NATHAN FONG LOO FERN CHRISTINE LEE FORMER U.S. FORMER EDUCATION THE FORMER MR LEE’S MR LEE’S SECRETARY FINANCE MINISTER PRESIDENT TAILOR SHOEMAKER OF STATE MINISTER AND FORMER PRINCIPAL LEE KUAN YEW PRIVATE SECRETARY I REMEMBER TO MR LEE PAGE PAGE PAGE PAGE PAGE PAGE 10 14 11 18 19 19 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2015 Mr Lee’s last trip to Parliament today Public can pay INSIDE AT THE ISTANA: last respects Visitors to family wake and those who turned up while body is at the gates lying in state Pages 2-3 People pay tributes By ZAKIR HUSSAIN at condolence centres DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR and elsewhere across the island THE casket of Singapore’s found- Pages 4-8 ing father, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, will be moved from the Istana to Par- Tributes from liament House this morning for around the world the start of four days of lying in Page 9 state, with thousands expected to pay their respects to the former 20 years of prime minister. photographing In the highest honour accorded Lee Kuan Yew to a leader, the State flag will be Pages 12-13 draped over the casket, with the crescent and stars lying over the head and close to the heart of Mr (Left) The line of people Lee, who died on Monday, aged waiting to pen their 91. Eight officers will then trans- tributes outside the fer the casket onto a gun carriage. Istana snaked all the way A ceremonial foot procession to Plaza Singapura at will be led by Mr Lee’s elder son, around 8pm yesterday. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG and his wife, Ms Ho Ching; daugh- ter Lee Wei Ling; younger son Lee (Below) Earlier in the Hsien Yang and his wife, Ms Lim day, PM Lee greeted the Suet Fern; and seven grandchil- public outside the Istana. dren, for about 70m. ST PHOTO: CHONG ZI LIANG The gun carriage procession will travel the 2km route from Or- (Below, left) A woman in chard Road to Parliament House, the crowd wiping tears from her eyes. passing through Bras Basah Road ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM and North Bridge Road. The Chief of Defence Force, Commissioner of Police, Speaker of Parliament, as well as PM Lee and the family will then receive the casket before it is transferred onto the bier for the lying in state. Members of the public can pay their respects from 10am to 8pm from today to Saturday. Queues will start at the prome- nade along the Singapore River, next to Parliament House. Condolence cards will also be available for well-wishers to pen tributes, and those with flowers may lay them at condolence boards along the promenade. Yesterday, some 4,000 visitors paid their respects at Sri Te- masek, the official residence of the Prime Minister in the Istana grounds, where a private wake had been held since Monday. PM Lee was also presented with a new orchid, named the Aranda Lee Kuan Yew, by NParks chief executive Kenneth Er and National Orchid Gardens nursery manager David Lim. Outside the Istana gates in Or- chard Road, more than 21,000 because the flag only means some- so turned up at 10 community and demonstrated leadership by set up and shaped – the People’s The state funeral for Mr Lee people turned up to leave flowers thing today, thanks to the country sites set up by the People’s Associ- example. Association and the National will be held on Sunday afternoon. and cards, and pen messages in that Mr Lee built.” ation across Singapore. Another “He visited the school, and not Trades Union Congress – held cer- Last night, PM Lee posted a Malay, Mandarin, Tamil and Eng- Mr Jailani Sanwor signed a con- eight tribute sites will be operat- only that, he picked up a broom emonies to honour Mr Lee at their photo of Sri Temasek on Facebook lish on condolence cards that dolence card in Malay with the ing from today. and swept alongside us students headquarters. saying: “We never lived here, but were then displayed on memorial message: “May God have mercy Many expressed thanks to Mr as well,” he said. Tributes continued to pour in my parents spent many happy eve- boards. on his soul and place him among Lee for shaping various aspects of Former opposition MP Chiam from world leaders, and United nings here with the children and President Tony Tan Keng Yam the ranks of the righteous.” life in Singapore, from the health- See Tong said Mr Lee always took States President Barack Obama grandchildren. Tomorrow, my dropped by at around 12.30pm to Some could not hold back care system to well-looked-after a strategic, long-term view of Sin- spoke with PM Lee to express his father’s body will leave Sri Te- thank well-wishers, and PM Lee tears, like student Wong Si Min, public housing estates. gapore and added: “He will live on condolences. masek for the last time.” stepped out briefly at around 2pm 17, who had to be consoled by a Grassroots leader Jefferson in history, remaining for future The White House said: “The He added: “On behalf of my to view the messages and thank friend. “I’ve never met Mr Lee but Neo, who was at a Choa Chu Kang generations the symbol of President recognised founding family, I would like to thank all those who were there. learnt about him through history tribute site, recalled how he was a Singapore’s success. His absence Prime Minister Lee’s remarkable who have paid their last respects Businessman R. Veerappan, 54, classes. He is a role model and we Secondary 2 student in 1976 when from our 50th National Day Pa- leadership and lasting contribu- to my father, whether at Sri Te- who left a Singapore flag and a wouldn’t have a comfortable life Mr Lee came to his school, Tiong rade later this year will be particu- tions, not just to Singapore’s de- masek, at the tribute centres all condolence message from his fami- without Mr Lee,” she said. Bahru Secondary, as part of the larly poignant to us.” velopment, but also to the over the island or online.” ly, said: “I brought the flag here Thousands of well-wishers al- Keep Singapore Clean campaign Two key organisations Mr Lee region’s dynamism.” [email protected] Plane crashes in remote French Alps; all 150 on board feared dead EYNE-LES-ALPES (France) – An thansa’s Germanwings budget air- stand ready to help investigate. German Chancellor Angela Mer- a steep descent which lasted eight bris,” senior police officer Airbus operated by Luf- line crashed in a remote area of French President Francois Hol- kel said she will travel to the crash minutes, and that it lost contact Jean-Paul Bloy told Reuters. the French Alps yesterday, and all lande said he believed none of site today. She called the crash a with French air traffic control at The accident occurred in an al- 150 on board were feared dead. those on board the A-320 had sur- shock that had plunged Germany, an altitude of about 1,830m. pine region known for skiing, hik- 122 PAGES IN SIX PARTS “A black box that we found a vived. France and Spain into “deep Weather in the area was report- ing and rafting, but which is hard TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 few hours after the crash will im- Germanwings confirmed its mourning”. ed to be fine, with light winds. for rescue services to reach. www.sphsubscription.com.sg mediately be examined to help the Flight 4U 9525 from Barcelona to Germanwings said it believed The wreckage of the aircraft It was the first crash of a large 90 cents investigation move forward quick- Dusseldorf crashed with 144 pas- 67 German nationals were on was located by a French military passenger plane on French soil ly,” French Interior Minister Ber- sengers and six crew on board. board. Spain’s Deputy Prime Min- helicopter near the town of since the Concorde disaster just A Singapore nard Cazeneuve told reporters. French aviation authority Direc- ister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria Prads-Haute-Bleone, according outside Paris nearly 15 years ago. Press Holdings The crash does not appear to tion Generale de l’Aviation Civile said 45 passengers had Spanish to Mr Eric Heraud, a spokesman Airbus confirmed that the Ger- publication have been caused by a terror at- (DGAC) said the plane did not is- names. in Paris for the DGAC. manwings plane was 24 years old. tack, the White House said, add- sue a distress call. Air traffic con- During a press conference, Ger- “It is going to take days to re- REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MCI (P) 032/02/2015 ## ing that United States officials trollers issued the Mayday call. manwings said the plane fell into cover the victims, then the de- í TOP OF THE NEWS A1 2 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2015 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2015 3 ISTANA: FAMILY WAKE 1923 - 2015 LASTING LEGACY “I’ve benefited from Mr Lee’s leadership right from the day I was born. He built a country PM, President from humble beginnings that is more prosperous, clean and safe than any other place in South-east Asia. I know that my son will have a bright future here. He will have a good visit tribute site education, be judged based on merit and have the same opportunities that others have.” – Mr James Zhang, 32, a hawker who sells satay, was at the Istana with his wife Suwanti Tan, 28, at Istana gates a housewife, and their 18-month-old son Lucas Zhang the Maldives in 1991 that shows WE ARE LIKE MR LEE’S SONS They read condolence cards, speak herself with Mr Lee Kuan Yew “We are Singapore citizens and and his late wife, Madam Kwa that’s like saying we are to visitors paying tribute to Mr Lee Geok Choo.