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    This document summarizes the scene along Jalan Bukit Merah as mourners gathered to pay their final respects to Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew during his state funeral procession on March 30, 2015. Despite rain, large crowds flanked the road with umbrellas and flowers to honor Mr. Lee. When the cortege passed, the crowd shouted "Lee Kuan Yew, we love you!" in unison. People felt it was their last chance to show appreciation for the leader who had dedicated 50 years to developing Singapore.

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    This document summarizes the scene along Jalan Bukit Merah as mourners gathered to pay their final respects to Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew during his state funeral procession on March 30, 2015. Despite rain, large crowds flanked the road with umbrellas and flowers to honor Mr. Lee. When the cortege passed, the crowd shouted "Lee Kuan Yew, we love you!" in unison. People felt it was their last chance to show appreciation for the leader who had dedicated 50 years to developing Singapore.

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    Monday 30 March 2015

    Mourners holding the Singapore flag as they wait for Mr Lees cortege to pass through Jalan Bukit Merah. Photo: Robin Choo

    Bukit Merah: one of the original estates in Mr Lees housing master plan

    Show of kindness in the crowd


    Road dividers here were
    decorated with flowers collected
    from various tribute sites
    VALERIE KOH AND JORDON SIMPSON

    [email protected]

    ike many Singaporeans, banker


    Kelvin Tan wanted to catch
    founding Prime Minister Lee
    Kuan Yews State Funeral procession
    in person. But instead of heading to the
    Padang, where a fly-past and a 21-gun
    salute were to be held, the 35-year-old
    decided to join the mourners along Jalan Bukit Merah.
    I figured thered be a big crowd at
    the Padang, so I went to the heartlands
    to ensure thered be enough support for
    him elsewhere and that he would have
    a proper send-off, he said.
    And as with the outpouring of goodwill seen from Singaporeans when they
    queued to pay respects to Mr Lee at
    Parliament House, MrTan, who lives
    in Farrer Park, also decided to do something for the growing crowd.
    With more than three hours to go

    Even if it rains heavily, we wont change our plans. Mr Lee did so much
    for us over the past 50 years and he never tired. Why would I be tired
    waiting for this short while?
    Mdm Choy Chee Kwan, 45

    before the cortege reached Jalan Bukit


    Merah, Mr Tan went to the nearby
    IKEA store and bought five stools two
    for his wife and himself and the other
    three he offered to others in thecrowd.
    Madam Choy Chee Kwan, 45, one of
    those who received a stool, was appreciative. With an umbrella to shelter herself from the rain, she told TODAY that
    this was her fourth and final goodbye
    to Mr Lee. She had previously visited
    Parliament House to pay her respects,
    as well as the community tribute sites
    in Tanjong Pagar and at the Singapore
    Botanic Gardens.
    Speaking in Mandarin, she said:
    Even if it rains heavily, we wont
    change our plans. Mr Lee did so much
    for us over the past 50 years and he
    never tired. Why would I be tired waiting for this short while?
    Mr Tan Wee Tuck, 46, a finance

    executive, said: This is a once-in-alifetime opportunity to show our appreciation for the man who had done
    so much for this country.
    Others shared the same sentiments
    as they flanked the road, huddling under umbrellas and in ponchos. Even
    while the drizzle turned into a downpour, most stayed put. Some sought
    shelter under a nearby block of flats and
    crowded around an electronics shop,
    which was showing the live telecast of
    the funeral procession.
    Others, such as 61-year-old Aileen
    Kwek, watched the live stream on their
    mobile phones. Mdm Kwek, a patient
    service officer, waited by the road with
    her sister, a stroke patient who uses a
    wheelchair. We didnt have a chance
    to go to Parliament House because it
    was too crowded and I couldnt take my
    sister there. This is our last chance to

    pay respects. I feel very sad, she said.


    Road dividers along Jalan Bukit
    Merah were decorated with flowers in
    tribute to Mr Lee. The flowers were collected during the seven days of national
    mourning at the various tribute sites
    and donated to Tanjong Pagar GRC.
    National Environment Agency
    (NEA) staff, whose office is nearby,
    were also present. As a mark of respect to Mr Lee, more than 100 of our
    officers who are not on duty elsewhere
    have voluntarily organised themselves
    in a line-up outside our premises, said
    an NEA spokesperson.
    When the cortege arrived at Jalan
    Bukit Merah at 1.20pm, the crowd shouted as one: Lee Kuan Yew, we love you!
    Retiree Chan Yow Pheng said in
    Mandarin: Everyone around me was
    shouting. So I shouted loudly too. Later,
    after the crowds dispersed, Mr Chan,
    73, lingered by the electronics shop to
    watch the eulogies delivered during the
    funeral service, which were broadcast
    on television.
    He said: By the time I go back home,
    itll be too late. Ill just watch it here for
    a little longer.

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