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Organisations along procession route to bid farewell

SINGAPORE — Organisations along the funeral procession route for Mr Lee Kuan Yew — many of which he had a hand in founding — have made plans to bid farewell to the founding Prime Minister when the cortege passes them tomorrow (March 29).

A tribute for the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew is seen at the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau. Photo: Low Weixin

A tribute for the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew is seen at the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau. Photo: Low Weixin

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SINGAPORE — Organisations along the funeral procession route for Mr Lee Kuan Yew — many of which he had a hand in founding — have made plans to bid farewell to the founding Prime Minister when the cortege passes them tomorrow (March 29).

The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), which Mr Lee brought under the purview of the Prime Minister’s Office in 1959 in a signal of his firm stance against graft, will gather about 100 officers of its Lengkok Bahru premises to pay their last respects. The agency has also prepared a banner measuring 15m by 2m, bearing the words “CPIB remembers Mr Lee Kuan Yew”.

The National Trades Union Congress has also invited union leaders to line the streets in front of its headquarters at 1 Marina Boulevard when the gun carriage bearing Mr Lee’s casket rolls by. Mr Lee had driven the unique model of union movement here by emphasising cooperation among the tripartite partners, which smoothened the path for economic development.

PSA Corporation is expecting around 50 of its staff to attend the funeral procession from Parliament House to the University Cultural Centre at the National University of Singapore. Mr Lee had built on Singapore’s strategic location to propel the country’s ports to become the busiest in the world by shipping tonnage in 1982.

The Singapore General Hospital, where Mr Lee was warded for 46 days before he died on March 23, said off-duty staff of all nine healthcare institutions within its grounds had been informed that they could form up along Kampong Bahru Road to pay their last respects.

Meanwhile, a Ministry of Education spokesperson said about 1,700 students from various secondary schools and junior colleges would gather along the procession route to say their goodbyes to Mr Lee.

As a mark of respect, Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa yesterday said they would suspend operations from 2pm to 6pm tomorrow.

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