Sinkies can never have enough of Lee Kuan Yew. After queueing 12 hours to view his coffin, they now queued more than 3 hours to see his red box.
Lee Kuan Yew's final journey
Thousands queue to see Lee Kuan Yew exhibition
PUBLISHED ON APR 4, 2015 7:10 AM
So many people thronged the National Museum of Singapore yesterday to see the exhibition, In Memoriam: Lee Kuan Yew, that waiting times exceeded three hours, and staff had to close the queue at 4pm. Mr Lee's famous red box, where he kept his working documents, is on display there. -
BY OLIVIA HO AND CHEW HUI MIN
Long queues formed unexpectedly at the National Museum of Singapore yesterday, as thousands waited for more than three hours on average to catch a glimpse of artefacts from the life of the nation’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
A week ago, over a million people queued for up to half a day to pay homage to Mr Lee, who died on March 23, aged 91. On Good Friday, many stood patiently in line once more, to see the memorial exhibition on his life and work.
Museum staff had to close the queue at 4pm as there was still a four-hour wait and the museum would shut at 8pm. They sent out a tweet at 5pm to announce that admission to the exhibition had closed for the day. An estimated 5,500 people passed through the museum's doors yesterday.
Two days earlier, Mr Lee's famous red box - where he kept his working documents - was added to the display.
Lee Kuan Yew's final journey
Thousands queue to see Lee Kuan Yew exhibition
PUBLISHED ON APR 4, 2015 7:10 AM
So many people thronged the National Museum of Singapore yesterday to see the exhibition, In Memoriam: Lee Kuan Yew, that waiting times exceeded three hours, and staff had to close the queue at 4pm. Mr Lee's famous red box, where he kept his working documents, is on display there. -
BY OLIVIA HO AND CHEW HUI MIN
Long queues formed unexpectedly at the National Museum of Singapore yesterday, as thousands waited for more than three hours on average to catch a glimpse of artefacts from the life of the nation’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
A week ago, over a million people queued for up to half a day to pay homage to Mr Lee, who died on March 23, aged 91. On Good Friday, many stood patiently in line once more, to see the memorial exhibition on his life and work.
Museum staff had to close the queue at 4pm as there was still a four-hour wait and the museum would shut at 8pm. They sent out a tweet at 5pm to announce that admission to the exhibition had closed for the day. An estimated 5,500 people passed through the museum's doors yesterday.
Two days earlier, Mr Lee's famous red box - where he kept his working documents - was added to the display.
