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SINGAPORE POOLS CLOSURE ALL Singapore Pools branches, authorised retail outlets and Livewire venues will be closed on Sunday, the day of Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s funeral, as a mark of respect. The 4D draw on Sunday will still go ahead at 6.30pm at the Singapore Pools Building. Results will be posted on the Singapore Pools website after the draw. Normal operations, including betting and prize claims, will resume next Monday. BUN GOES STALE A SPECIAL commemorative bun that the BreadTalk chain started selling yesterday in memory of the late Mr Lee got the thumbs-down. Filled with gula melaka- flavoured grated coconut mixed with attap seed, the $2 bun was given the Chinese name “Can’t leave you” – with the word “leave” swopped for Mr Lee’s surname, which sounds similar. Proceeds were meant for charity. But the play on words got irate people accusing BreadTalk of disrespect, and the chain pulled the bun from its shelves last night. It will still donate $30,000 – the proceeds from the bun sales so far – to the Community Chest. BLACK SUNDAY SOCIAL media has been flooded with messages urging Singaporeans to wear black on Sunday in memory of Mr Lee, whose state funeral service will be held that day. The ground-up movement has gone viral, with several graphics and hash tags circulating online. But others have proposed alternative colours, such as white – the colour of the uniform of Mr Lee’s People’s Action Party – or red, to celebrate his life. MUSEUM DISPLAY THIS barrister’s wig was one of two bought by the late Mr Lee and his wife, Madam Kwa Geok Choo, when they were admitted to the Bar. The wig was made by Ravenscroft, an established wig and robe maker in London, and given to the National Museum Collection by Mr Lee. It is among the items on display at the National Museum for the exhibition In Memoriam: Lee Kuan Yew, which is open from 10am to 8pm, until April 26. Admission is free. TIME OFF FOR WORKERS SEVERAL companies have given their staff time off to attend the public wake of Mr Lee at Parliament House. Some are providing transport too. They include CapitaLand, Singapore Press Holdings, Keppel Group, DBS Bank, OCBC, UOB and Citi. By JONATHAN WONG FORMER national hurdler Osman Merican won three medals at the South-east Asian Peninsular (Seap) Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1965 but his most treasured me- mento is not the silverware but a piece of paper. It is a typewritten, single-page letter signed by then Prime Minis- ter Lee Kuan Yew, given to Singapore’s medallists, praising their effort in lifting the country, particularly as it came just months after Singapore had sepa- rated from Malaysia. He wrote: “I would like you to know that your performance brought into focus the qualities of discipline, stamina and talent which will enable the people of Singapore to overcome so many of their present difficulties and se- cure our future as a nation.” Those words from Mr Lee drove him to succeed both on the sporting front – he set the nation- al record in the 110m hurdles (14.76sec) at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok – and in his ca- reer. He secured a scholarship from the police and rose to be- come an acting assistant superin- tendent. Said the 75-year-old reti- ree yesterday: “Reading that let- ter motivated me to believe I could be more than what I felt I was capable of achieving.” Singapore National Olympic Council’s secretary-general from 1972 to 1996, Mr S.S. Dhillon, not- ed that Mr Lee’s interest in local sports never wavered. When Sin- gapore won the Malaysia Cup in 1977, Mr Lee met the players at the Istana and “encouraged them and the coaches”. In 2008 and just hours after the Republic won the bid to host the inaugural Youth Olympic Games two years later, Mr Lee, who was then Minister Mentor, was already planning ahead. Recalled Mr Ng Ser Miang, who was chairman of the organis- ing committee: “I remember re- ceiving a 2am e-mail from him. He gave me advice on how we should organise the Games and how we can project the nation to the world.” [email protected] Additional reporting by May Chen STRAITS Times Press has pub- lished a commemorative album of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. LKY: A Pictorial Memoir fea- tures private and public pictures of Mr Lee, and is an abridged ver- sion of Lee Kuan Yew: A Life In Pictures, which was published two years ago. The 192-page book also in- cludes some new photos. They were chosen by The Straits Times’ picture editor Stephanie Yeow for their strength and quality. “In putting together this keepsake photo album, I hope to recapture the greatest mo- ments of LKY, the public and pri- vate man,” she said. “Most of all, I hope it will bring you much joy, as it has me.” The book’s cover features a por- trait of Mr Lee, overlaid with close to 1,200 smaller photo- graphs of him, put together by Straits Times Press creative direc- tor Lock Hong Liang. The 188 photos in the book are captioned in English and Chinese. It is on sale at bookstores for $26.75 (after GST). By MIRANDA YEO WHEN Madam Ramairthan Muthukrishnan’s house and provi- sion shop in Kampong Eunos had to make way for new Housing Board flats some 40 years ago, she and her husband were caught in the lurch. They had married in a tradition- al Indian wedding ceremony and did not get an official marriage cer- tificate. This meant that they could not apply for a new flat. Desperate, they sought help from former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew during a Meet-the-Peo- ple Session. “Mr Lee understood that it was embarrassing for us to apply with the Registry of Marriages because we were already married with chil- dren,” the 73-year-old said. “He told us not to worry and wrote a letter for us, so we could apply for a four-room flat in Hou- gang.” Mr Lee also helped the family get financial aid to tide them over the period. “I feel like I have lost a father,” she said, with tears in her eyes. She was among the thousands who continued to stream into com- munity tribute centres yesterday to pay their respects to Mr Lee, who died on Monday morning. He was 91. Long queues formed at tribute sites such as those in Tanjong Pa- gar and Kovan, as residents wait- ed in line to write condolence notes. Madam Chen Xin Ying, 66, was one of those at Kovan Hub Tribute Centre. She fondly re- called her earliest meeting with Mr Lee in her family’s kampung near Bukit Timah Hill. She visited the tribute centre with her husband and her grand- daughter, who had just finished school that afternoon. “I was about 10 years old then, and he was visiting all the kam- pung to get to know the situation in each and every one of them,” said Madam Chen. “I remember that his way of speaking was very forceful and powerful.” She also remembered staying up late on the night of the 1955 elections to hear the results of the Tanjong Pagar seat that Mr Lee was contesting. “My entire family leapt in ex- citement on hearing PAP had won the seat. It was just so important to us because it was Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s victory,” she said. Over at Tanjong Pagar, there were residents like Ms Daisy Yew, 51, who works in a hotel. She was not always a fan of Mr Lee’s leadership. “In the past, I thought he was a dictator; I couldn’t understand what he was doing,” she said, referring to Mr Lee’s resorting to detentions without trial under the Internal Security Act. But she said a year of overseas travel in her late 20s opened her eyes. “You see that the facilities in other countries are built for the elite and not the masses; you also realise just how safe it is here,” she said. “And you know he made those tough decisions for the good of the people.” [email protected] Additional reporting by Samantha Boh and Samantha Goh By RACHEL AU-YONG TODAY, Parliament will sit at 4pm for a special session at which MPs will pay tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew. The session, to last around two hours, will hear 11 MPs speak on the contributions made by Singapore’s founding Prime Minis- ter and their impact on the coun- try. Defence Minister and Leader of the House Ng Eng Hen and Workers’ Party chief Low Thia Khiang are on the list. Before the MPs pay their trib- utes, Speaker of the House Hali- mah Yacob will make introducto- ry remarks, in which she will re- count the role Mr Lee played in shaping Parliament. Mr Lee, who represented Tan- jong Pagar for 60 years, died on Monday at age 91. “The sitting is a special one as there are no other items on the agenda except for this tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew,” Madam Hali- mah told The Straits Times. The list of speakers covers dif- ferent segments of the popula- tion. Dr Ng told The Straits Times: “A representative group of MPs are invited to make their trib- utes. These include office-holders and backbenchers, Government and non-Government MPs, senior and newer MPs, and an MP from the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s con- stituency.” Speakers include former depu- ty prime minister Wong Kan Seng, unionist Seng Han Thong, Nominated MP Thomas Chua, president of the Singapore Chi- nese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Senior Minister of State Masagos Zulkifli. Mr Vikram Nair of the People’s Action Party (PAP) will speak in Tamil. He said Mr Lee’s vision of a multiracial, equal society was one of his greatest contributions, adding: “Singapore is one of the best places to be a minority in.” Another speaker is Nominated MP Chia Yong Yong, a wheelchair user with peroneal muscular dys- trophy, whose choice is reflective of Singapore being an inclusive so- ciety. Said Ms Chia: “There are many ordinary folk who want to pay tribute to Mr Lee, and I’m thankful to have the opportunity to do so in Parliament.” Rounding off the list are Minis- ter of State Sim Ann, PAP MP Christopher de Souza and Senior Minister of State Indranee Rajah, an MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC who had been helping to take care of the needs of residents in Mr Lee’s ward in the past few years. A minute of silence will be ob- served at the end of the tributes. All MPs, including Prime Minis- ter Lee Hsien Loong, will then pay homage to Mr Lee. Only invited guests can attend the sitting and they include mem- bers of the Old Guard, grassroots leaders, students, citizens from all walks of life and the media. Participants will wear black ribbons to mark the occasion, and readers can keep up with The Straits Times’ live coverage of the event at http://leekuanyew.strait- stimes.com/ST/lky-live-blog/ind ex.html. The sitting will also be covered live on 938 LIVE, Chan- nel News Asia, Parliament’s web- site, and www.remembering- LeeKuanYew.sg. [email protected] By LIM YAN LIANG FORMER Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew had taken Singapore from Third World to First, but the work is not done yet, Prime Minis- ter Lee Hsien Loong said last night at a ceremony to pay tribute to the late leader. While Singapore has surmount- ed many challenges and should rightly celebrate its golden jubilee this year, Singaporeans need to keep on working hard to honour the memory of Mr Lee, said the Prime Minister. “We are sad, we are sorrowful, our founding father has left us. “But he has prepared us for this day, because he knew that to build well, Singapore must stand long after he’s gone. And he has been preparing for that for many, many years.” PM Lee was speaking in both English and Mandarin to 2,500 res- idents and grassroots leaders of Ang Mo Kio GRC, for which he is an MP, and Sengkang West. In urging people to work hard for a better tomorrow, he quoted Sun Yat-Sen, father of modern China, who said: “The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades, let us give our best efforts.” Similarly, as Singapore cele- brates its golden jubilee this year, he asked in Mandarin: “But are we a success? Not yet. Is there still much to be done? Of course.” He added: “We still need to work hard so tomorrow will be better, and our children will have a brighter future. If we work hard together, I think this little red dot can become a brilliant, bright lit- tle red dot.” PM Lee thanked Singaporeans for their love and support for his father: “Speaking as his son, speaking on behalf of his family, to you and to all the many others who have expressed their senti- ments, their sorrow, their love over the last few days, I say, thank you.” [email protected] MOTORISTS have a new way to remember Mr Lee Kuan Yew by. Car workshop co-owner Eric Chew – long an admirer of Mr Lee – is giving out free car decals of the former Prime Minister to Sin- gaporeans. He saw the graphic of Mr Lee’s silhouette within a black ribbon that went viral online and is being used by many as their Facebook profile picture. Inspired, he got his staff to print 800 stickers and give them away for people to put on their vehicle’s window. The 40-year-old said it is “just something to remember Mr Lee by. He’s someone whom I’ve held in very high esteem”. People streamed into the Dy- namics Mechanic workshop in Kaki Bukit to pick up the decals from 9am yesterday. By 5pm, they were all gone. The firm’s Facebook page was also inundated with queries about the stickers. Mr Chew intends to print more and give out 800 every day till “maybe Thursday or Friday”. The cost of 40 cents a sticker was not an issue, he added. This was despite the fact that five of his staff had put in long hours pro- ducing the decals. This meant the workshop was functioning at half its usual productivity. He said it was not a marketing stunt, adding: “We don’t promote anything when people come to get decals. We just let them take the decal and go. This is just a good- will gesture for car enthusiasts to have something to remember our founding father by.” KOK XING HUI Osman Merican’s most treasured memento from the 1965 Seap Games was not the medals he won but a letter of praise from Mr Lee. ST PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH Ang Mo Kio GRC, where Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is an MP, organised a Tribute Night last night for people to pay tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew. PM Lee addressed the 2,500 people at the event, thanking Singaporeans for their love and support for his father. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE Different ways to remember Mr Lee Nanyang Technological University professors, students and staff observing one minute of silence at a memorial service the school held in honour of the late Mr Lee yesterday afternoon. PHOTO: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY A group of students from Nanyang Technological University made and distributed 1,500 black ribbons as a symbol of remembrance. NTU held a memorial service yesterday to honour Mr Lee. PHOTO: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Car workshop Dynamics Mechanic has already given away 800 stickers for motorists to paste on their vehicle’s window. The decal features Mr Lee’s silhouette within a black ribbon. PHOTO: DYNAMICS MECHANIC Ex-national hurdler motivated by letter Public buses are carrying the message “Remembering Lee Kuan Yew 1923 – 2015” during this mourning period. The memorial message is also being carried at all MRT stations. ST PHOTO: JOYCE FANG One resident tells of how she had received help in applying for a flat 1923 - 2015 Continue to work hard for a better tomorrow: PM Lee Commemorative album of public, private photos Thousands continue to stream into tribute centres Special Parliament sitting TRIBUTES: A NATION GRIEVES A14 THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015 THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015 A15
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SINGAPORE POOLS CLOSURE
ALL Singapore Pools branches,authorised retail outlets andLivewire venues will be closedon Sunday, the day of Mr LeeKuan Yew’s funeral, as a markof respect.
The 4D draw on Sundaywill still go ahead at 6.30pmat the Singapore PoolsBuilding. Results will beposted on the Singapore Poolswebsite after the draw.
Normal operations,including betting and prizeclaims, will resume nextMonday.
BUN GOES STALE
A SPECIAL commemorativebun that the BreadTalk chainstarted selling yesterday inmemory of the late Mr Lee gotthe thumbs-down.
Filled with gula melaka-flavoured grated coconutmixed with attap seed, the $2bun was given the Chinesename “Can’t leave you” –with the word “leave”swopped for Mr Lee’ssurname, which soundssimilar. Proceeds were meantfor charity.
But the play on words gotirate people accusingBreadTalk of disrespect, andthe chain pulled the bun fromits shelves last night. It willstill donate $30,000 – theproceeds from the bun sales sofar – to the CommunityChest.
BLACK SUNDAY
SOCIAL media has beenflooded with messages urgingSingaporeans to wear black onSunday in memory of Mr Lee,whose state funeral servicewill be held that day.
The ground-up movementhas gone viral, with severalgraphics and hash tagscirculating online. But othershave proposed alternativecolours, such as white – thecolour of the uniform of MrLee’s People’s Action Party –or red, to celebrate his life.
MUSEUM DISPLAY
THIS barrister’s wig was oneof two bought by the late MrLee and his wife, Madam KwaGeok Choo, when they wereadmitted to the Bar.
The wig was made byRavenscroft, an establishedwig and robe maker inLondon, and given to theNational Museum Collectionby Mr Lee.
It is among the items ondisplay at the NationalMuseum for the exhibition InMemoriam: Lee Kuan Yew,which is open from 10am to8pm, until April 26.
Admission is free.
TIME OFF FOR WORKERS
SEVERAL companies havegiven their staff time off toattend the public wake ofMr Lee at Parliament House.Some are providing transporttoo. They include CapitaLand,Singapore Press Holdings,Keppel Group, DBS Bank,OCBC, UOB and Citi.
By JONATHAN WONG
FORMER national hurdler OsmanMerican won three medals at theSouth-east Asian Peninsular(Seap) Games in Kuala Lumpur in1965 but his most treasured me-mento is not the silverware but apiece of paper.
It is a typewritten, single-pageletter signed by then Prime Minis-ter Lee Kuan Yew, given toSingapore’s medallists, praisingtheir effort in lifting the country,particularly as it came justmonths after Singapore had sepa-rated from Malaysia.
He wrote: “I would like you toknow that your performancebrought into focus the qualities ofdiscipline, stamina and talentwhich will enable the people ofSingapore to overcome so manyof their present difficulties and se-cure our future as a nation.”
Those words from Mr Leedrove him to succeed both on thesporting front – he set the nation-al record in the 110m hurdles(14.76sec) at the 1966 AsianGames in Bangkok – and in his ca-reer. He secured a scholarship
from the police and rose to be-come an acting assistant superin-tendent. Said the 75-year-old reti-ree yesterday: “Reading that let-ter motivated me to believe Icould be more than what I felt Iwas capable of achieving.”
Singapore National OlympicCouncil’s secretary-general from1972 to 1996, Mr S.S. Dhillon, not-ed that Mr Lee’s interest in localsports never wavered. When Sin-gapore won the Malaysia Cup in1977, Mr Lee met the players atthe Istana and “encouraged themand the coaches”.
In 2008 and just hours afterthe Republic won the bid to hostthe inaugural Youth OlympicGames two years later, Mr Lee,who was then Minister Mentor,was already planning ahead.
Recalled Mr Ng Ser Miang,who was chairman of the organis-ing committee: “I remember re-ceiving a 2am e-mail from him.He gave me advice on how weshould organise the Games andhow we can project the nation tothe world.”
[email protected] reporting by May Chen
STRAITS Times Press has pub-lished a commemorative album offormer Prime Minister Lee KuanYew.
LKY: A Pictorial Memoir fea-tures private and public picturesof Mr Lee, and is an abridged ver-sion of Lee Kuan Yew: A Life InPictures, which was publishedtwo years ago.
The 192-page book also in-cludes some new photos.
They were chosen by TheStraits Times’ picture editorStephanie Yeow for their strengthand quality. “In putting together
this keepsake photo album, I hopeto recapture the greatest mo-ments of LKY, the public and pri-vate man,” she said.
“Most of all, I hope it will bringyou much joy, as it has me.”
The book’s cover features a por-trait of Mr Lee, overlaid withclose to 1,200 smaller photo-graphs of him, put together byStraits Times Press creative direc-tor Lock Hong Liang.
The 188 photos in the book arecaptioned in English and Chinese.It is on sale at bookstores for$26.75 (after GST).
By MIRANDA YEO
WHEN Madam RamairthanMuthukrishnan’s house and provi-sion shop in Kampong Eunos hadto make way for new HousingBoard flats some 40 years ago,she and her husband were caughtin the lurch.
They had married in a tradition-al Indian wedding ceremony anddid not get an official marriage cer-tificate. This meant that theycould not apply for a new flat.
Desperate, they sought helpfrom former Prime Minister LeeKuan Yew during a Meet-the-Peo-ple Session.
“Mr Lee understood that it wasembarrassing for us to apply withthe Registry of Marriages becausewe were already married with chil-dren,” the 73-year-old said.
“He told us not to worry andwrote a letter for us, so we couldapply for a four-room flat in Hou-gang.”
Mr Lee also helped the familyget financial aid to tide them overthe period.
“I feel like I have lost a father,”she said, with tears in her eyes.
She was among the thousandswho continued to stream into com-munity tribute centres yesterdayto pay their respects to Mr Lee,who died on Monday morning. Hewas 91.
Long queues formed at tributesites such as those in Tanjong Pa-gar and Kovan, as residents wait-ed in line to write condolencenotes.
Madam Chen Xin Ying, 66,was one of those at Kovan HubTribute Centre. She fondly re-called her earliest meeting withMr Lee in her family’s kampung
near Bukit Timah Hill.She visited the tribute centre
with her husband and her grand-daughter, who had just finishedschool that afternoon.
“I was about 10 years old then,and he was visiting all the kam-pung to get to know the situationin each and every one of them,”said Madam Chen.
“I remember that his way ofspeaking was very forceful andpowerful.”
She also remembered stayingup late on the night of the 1955elections to hear the results of theTanjong Pagar seat that Mr Leewas contesting.
“My entire family leapt in ex-citement on hearing PAP had wonthe seat. It was just so importantto us because it was Mr Lee KuanYew’s victory,” she said.
Over at Tanjong Pagar, therewere residents like Ms Daisy Yew,51, who works in a hotel.
She was not always a fan of MrLee’s leadership.
“In the past, I thought he was adictator; I couldn’t understandwhat he was doing,” she said,referring to Mr Lee’s resorting todetentions without trial under theInternal Security Act.
But she said a year of overseastravel in her late 20s opened hereyes.
“You see that the facilities inother countries are built for theelite and not the masses; you alsorealise just how safe it is here,”she said.
“And you know he made thosetough decisions for the good ofthe people.”
[email protected] reporting by Samantha Bohand Samantha Goh
By RACHEL AU-YONG
TODAY, Parliament will sit at4pm for a special session at whichMPs will pay tribute to Mr LeeKuan Yew.
The session, to last around twohours, will hear 11 MPs speak onthe contributions made bySingapore’s founding Prime Minis-ter and their impact on the coun-try.
Defence Minister and Leader ofthe House Ng Eng Hen andWorkers’ Party chief Low ThiaKhiang are on the list.
Before the MPs pay their trib-utes, Speaker of the House Hali-mah Yacob will make introducto-ry remarks, in which she will re-count the role Mr Lee played inshaping Parliament.
Mr Lee, who represented Tan-jong Pagar for 60 years, died onMonday at age 91.
“The sitting is a special one asthere are no other items on theagenda except for this tribute toMr Lee Kuan Yew,” Madam Hali-mah told The Straits Times.
The list of speakers covers dif-ferent segments of the popula-
tion. Dr Ng told The StraitsTimes: “A representative group ofMPs are invited to make their trib-utes. These include office-holdersand backbenchers, Governmentand non-Government MPs, seniorand newer MPs, and an MP fromthe late Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s con-stituency.”
Speakers include former depu-ty prime minister Wong KanSeng, unionist Seng Han Thong,Nominated MP Thomas Chua,president of the Singapore Chi-nese Chamber of Commerce andIndustry, and Senior Minister ofState Masagos Zulkifli.
Mr Vikram Nair of the People’sAction Party (PAP) will speak inTamil. He said Mr Lee’s vision ofa multiracial, equal society wasone of his greatest contributions,adding: “Singapore is one of thebest places to be a minority in.”
Another speaker is NominatedMP Chia Yong Yong, a wheelchairuser with peroneal muscular dys-trophy, whose choice is reflectiveof Singapore being an inclusive so-ciety. Said Ms Chia: “There aremany ordinary folk who want topay tribute to Mr Lee, and I’m
thankful to have the opportunityto do so in Parliament.”
Rounding off the list are Minis-ter of State Sim Ann, PAP MPChristopher de Souza and SeniorMinister of State Indranee Rajah,an MP for Tanjong Pagar GRCwho had been helping to take careof the needs of residents in MrLee’s ward in the past few years.
A minute of silence will be ob-served at the end of the tributes.
All MPs, including Prime Minis-ter Lee Hsien Loong, will then payhomage to Mr Lee.
Only invited guests can attendthe sitting and they include mem-bers of the Old Guard, grassrootsleaders, students, citizens from allwalks of life and the media.
Participants will wear blackribbons to mark the occasion, andreaders can keep up with TheStraits Times’ live coverage of theevent at http://leekuanyew.strait-stimes.com/ST/lky-live-blog/index.html. The sitting will also becovered live on 938 LIVE, Chan-nel News Asia, Parliament’s web-site, and www.remembering-LeeKuanYew.sg.
By LIM YAN LIANG
FORMER Prime Minister LeeKuan Yew had taken Singaporefrom Third World to First, but thework is not done yet, Prime Minis-ter Lee Hsien Loong said lastnight at a ceremony to pay tributeto the late leader.
While Singapore has surmount-ed many challenges and shouldrightly celebrate its golden jubileethis year, Singaporeans need tokeep on working hard to honourthe memory of Mr Lee, said thePrime Minister.
“We are sad, we are sorrowful,our founding father has left us.
“But he has prepared us for
this day, because he knew that tobuild well, Singapore must standlong after he’s gone. And he hasbeen preparing for that for many,many years.”
PM Lee was speaking in bothEnglish and Mandarin to 2,500 res-idents and grassroots leaders ofAng Mo Kio GRC, for which he isan MP, and Sengkang West.
In urging people to work hardfor a better tomorrow, he quotedSun Yat-Sen, father of modernChina, who said: “The revolutionhas not yet succeeded, comrades,let us give our best efforts.”
Similarly, as Singapore cele-brates its golden jubilee this year,he asked in Mandarin: “But are we
a success? Not yet. Is there stillmuch to be done? Of course.”
He added: “We still need towork hard so tomorrow will bebetter, and our children will havea brighter future. If we work hardtogether, I think this little red dotcan become a brilliant, bright lit-tle red dot.”
PM Lee thanked Singaporeansfor their love and support for hisfather: “Speaking as his son,speaking on behalf of his family,to you and to all the many otherswho have expressed their senti-ments, their sorrow, their loveover the last few days, I say,thank you.”
MOTORISTS have a new way toremember Mr Lee Kuan Yew by.
Car workshop co-owner EricChew – long an admirer of Mr Lee– is giving out free car decals ofthe former Prime Minister to Sin-gaporeans.
He saw the graphic of Mr Lee’ssilhouette within a black ribbonthat went viral online and is beingused by many as their Facebookprofile picture. Inspired, he gothis staff to print 800 stickers andgive them away for people to puton their vehicle’s window.
The 40-year-old said it is “justsomething to remember Mr Leeby. He’s someone whom I’ve heldin very high esteem”.
People streamed into the Dy-namics Mechanic workshop inKaki Bukit to pick up the decalsfrom 9am yesterday. By 5pm,they were all gone. The firm’sFacebook page was also inundatedwith queries about the stickers.
Mr Chew intends to print moreand give out 800 every day till“maybe Thursday or Friday”.
The cost of 40 cents a sticker
was not an issue, he added. Thiswas despite the fact that five ofhis staff had put in long hours pro-ducing the decals. This meant theworkshop was functioning at halfits usual productivity.
He said it was not a marketingstunt, adding: “We don’t promoteanything when people come to getdecals. We just let them take thedecal and go. This is just a good-will gesture for car enthusiasts tohave something to remember ourfounding father by.”KOK XING HUI
Osman Merican’s most treasured memento from the 1965 Seap Games was notthe medals he won but a letter of praise from Mr Lee. ST PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH
Ang Mo Kio GRC, where Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is an MP, organised a Tribute Night last night for people to pay tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew. PM Leeaddressed the 2,500 people at the event, thanking Singaporeans for their love and support for his father. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
Different ways to remember Mr Lee
Nanyang Technological University professors, students and staff observing oneminute of silence at a memorial service the school held in honour of the late MrLee yesterday afternoon. PHOTO: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
A group of students from Nanyang Technological University made and distributed 1,500 black ribbons as a symbol ofremembrance. NTU held a memorial service yesterday to honour Mr Lee. PHOTO: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Car workshop Dynamics Mechanic has already given away 800 stickers for motorists to paste on their vehicle’s window.The decal features Mr Lee’s silhouette within a black ribbon. PHOTO: DYNAMICS MECHANIC
Ex-national hurdlermotivated by letter
Public buses are carrying the message “Remembering Lee Kuan Yew 1923 – 2015” during this mourning period. Thememorial message is also being carried at all MRT stations. ST PHOTO: JOYCE FANG
One resident tells of how she hadreceived help in applying for a flat
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