Passing of Mr Lee Kuan Yew

[Scrooball (clone)]

With all respect to LKY and the sinkies queuing up lets see numbers in perspective.. About 30k viewed on Wed. So 4 days = 120k approx. McDonalds free burger attracts 100k + (lots go away disappointed, so the actual no. is higher). We dont see such long lines because it is spread over multiple outlets. In other words, LKY is about 1 1/4 burger worth? Saying this cos I expected about 30% of citizen population to show up which should be more than 1mil. Where are the rest?

That's like saying if u have a bigger head than Lky it means u are smarter than him. Don't be a gong cheebye pls

 

[krafty]

Re: I think go beside the coffin is more genuine and authentic

all i want to say is do not trust japanese, they may appear to be polite, that is only the upfront, it's in their culture, that's all. fake and hypocrites, that is how i describe them.

so far abbott and obama coming but not japan's abe, he is so busy meh...

 

[takashi]

Saying this cos I expected about 30% of citizen population to show up which should be more than 1mil. Where are the rest?

Is this a sign the PAP will lose control of the government after the next GE? :p​

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

like that one ah? .... can't even get close to see JohnTan's Ah Gong .... you sure Ah Gong in there or not Don't even serve chicken curry!!

U go ask your family member to die la. Then u can get curry chicken

 

[dr.wailing]

Pinky's billionaire friend will be in town to pay respects to LKY

According to a little bird from the West, Thaksin Shinawatra will be flying in on 28 March and stay for two days to pay respects to LKY, among other things.

Among other things, he plans to move some of his funds out of Sinkieland for projects in the region.

As you all know, Thaksin is very much hated and despised by the Bangkok elite and the middle class. The latter don't like Pinky and his husband Ho Jinx for that reason.

 

[laksaboy]

Re: Pinky's billionaire friend will be in town to pay respects to LKY

Hakka people like to stick together and assert their clan's dominance.

 

[xpo2015]

Re: Pinky's billionaire friend will be in town to pay respects to LKY

Blood is thicker than water!!

Cool!

 

[blissquek]

Re: Pinky's billionaire friend will be in town to pay respects to LKY

According to a little bird from the West, Thaksin Shinawatra will be flying in on 28 March and stay for two days to pay respects to LKY, among other things.

Among other things, he plans to move some of his funds out of Sinkieland for projects in the region.

As you all know, Thaksin is very much hated and despised by the Bangkok elite and the middle class. The latter don't like Pinky and his husband Ho Jinx for that reason.

I , once read that looters and plunderers love Singapore.. They feel safe and they can count their $10,000 Singapore notes and their gold bar holdings and bags of sparkling diamonds in the Freeport in Changi.. Guess, the big denomination $10,000 bills attract a lots of crooks to our shore.

My friend said this Hakka guy. Thug-sin does not come here to take Bak Kut Teh and Chilly crabs.. He came here to check stock...

What do u think..???

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Hakka people like to stick together and assert their clan's dominance.

The same for Japanese, Pinoys and everyone la. U seriously act smart and talk cock.

 

[Froggy]

Re: Pinky's billionaire friend will be in town to pay respects to LKY

My little bird told me he here on Tuesday liao

 

[halsey02]

Re: Pinky's billionaire friend will be in town to pay respects to LKY

I , once read that looters and plunderers love Singapore.. They feel safe and they can count their $10,000 Singapore notes and their gold bar holdings and bags of sparkling diamonds in the Freeport in Changi.. Guess, the big denomination $10,000 bills attract a lots of crooks to our shore.

My friend said this Hakka guy. Thug-sin does not come here to take Bak Kut Teh and Chilly crabs.. He came here to check stock...

What do u think..???

Tomoyuki Yamashita, come once in while to check his gold holdings too, on a certain moon lit night, he will appear at a certain spot at MacRitchie Reservoir....presses a certain stone.....the entrance will open.....check stock. Now, he has company, his translator from old...comrade. ha ha ha

 

[takashi]

With all respect to LKY and the sinkies queuing up lets see numbers in perspective..

About 30k viewed on Wed. So 4 days = 120k approx.

.....

Saying this cos I expected about 30% of citizen population to show up which should be more than 1mil. Where are the rest?

Is this a sign the PAP will lose control of the government after the next GE? :p

Live updates: Passing of Lee Kuan Yew, Day 5 - Channel NewsAsia

3.14PM: As of 2pm. 250,000 have visited Parliament House to pay their respects to Mr Lee, say officials. A total of 510,000 have visited the 18 community sites.

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[CABcommander]

Congratulations to organizers of sg50. We can now add these to the Singapore book of records.

Longest wait to enter funeral wake.

Largest crowd at a funeral wake.

Largest crowd at the cremation day.

Largest continent of 孝男孝女.

 

[bushtucker]

Re: Pinky's billionaire friend will be in town to pay respects to LKY

come Sunday, do you think sinkies will be crying on the streets for LKY like how the N Koreans cried for Kim?

 

[virus]

Re: Pinky's billionaire friend will be in town to pay respects to LKY

why never held at the new indoor stadium?

 

[looneytan]

Re: Pinky's billionaire friend will be in town to pay respects to LKY

why never held at the new indoor stadium?

grass still not grown

 

[DepecheMode]

Singapore restricts access to Lee's public wake over safety fears

AFP
March 28, 2015, 4:02 am

Singapore (AFP) - The Singapore government late Friday ordered mourners to stay off a congested field near parliament for safety reasons as tens of thousands paid their last respects to former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.

Outnumbered police officers were turning away mourners at the City Hall metro station next to the Padang, an open field where the mourners were queueing to enter the legislature.

"The Padang queue is closed for public safety. Please go back home," a police officer said using a loudhailer.

A government statement said that as of 11 pm, more than 290,000 people had paid their respects to Lee since his casket was brought to parliament's main lobby on Wednesday after a private family wake.

The city-state has a population of 5.5 million but only 3.34 million are citizens. The rest are guest workers, expatriates and their families.

Thousands more were massed in long, snaking lines, packed like cattle at some points, despite waiting times of up to 10 hours.

The statement said that although the government would like to accommodate more people, they were "temporarily" suspending the queue for the safety and well-being of those in line.

"We will inform the public when the queue is open again," it said, urging people to pay homage at 18 locations around the island.

Until the suspension, the queue ran for 24 hours following an overwhelming show of sympathy for the revered patriarch who transformed Singapore from a British colonial outpost into one of Asia's wealthiest societies in just 30 years.

The 91-year-old Asian elder statesman died on Monday after a long illness.

"Yes, I am disappointed. We made plans to come on Friday night because we are all working," said sales executive Shawna Tseng, 27.

"We won't be turning back. We will wait until they repoen the line," she told AFP after unsuccessfully trying to negotiate entry with a stern police commando, who curtly replied "my advice to you is to go home now".

The city-state, famous for its clockwork handling of major events like the night-time Singapore Grand Prix, seemed unprepared for the scale of the outpouring of grief.

- Lee's son 'deeply moved' -

To speed up the movement, mourners were given only a few seconds to file past the former leader's brown wooden casket draped with the red-and-white Singapore flag.

"I am deeply moved by the overwhelming response of people wanting to visit my father's Lying in State at Parliament House," Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Facebook.

He announced that a live video feed of the flow of mourners viewing the casket inside the parliament's lobby had been put up on YouTube.

Lee has been lying in state since Wednesday and the public was supposed to have until 8 pm (1200 GMT) on Saturday to pay their respects.

"The government can advise us not to queue all they want, and I understand this puts a strain on resources like volunteers and space, but that's not going to stop us from coming down," mourner Pek Tee Ann, 51, told AFP earlier Friday.

The turnout is massive by Singapore standards but the crowd was disciplined and morale appeared to be high.

The mourners included the elderly in wheelchairs and mothers with babies or toddlers in tow.

Among Friday's visitors were Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, whose country helped train Singapore's army in the early years after independence from Malaysia in 1965.

Former Indonesian presidents Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Megawati Sukarnoputri also paid their respects Friday. Yudhoyono, a former army general, saluted in front of Lee's coffin before making a slight bow.

Tents have been set up to shield mourners from the scorching tropical sun while volunteers hand out bottled water and sugared drinks, with portable toilets available nearby.

An express lane is reserved for the elderly, disabled and pregnant while foreign dignitaries enter via a VIP entrance.

Minister for National Development Khaw Boon Wan, chairman of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP), told activists late Thursday that the outpouring of emotion had "exceeded our expectations," the Straits Times reported.

Lee is to be given full state honours before being cremated Sunday, including a 21-gun salute and a flypast by fighter jets.

Former US President Bill Clinton, South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Malaysian King Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah are among the confirmed state representatives attending the funeral.

 

[DepecheMode]

Re: PAP Minister’s tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew draws flak online


Singapore reopens queue for Lee Kuan Yew mourners

AFP
March 28, 2015, 10:48 am

Singapore (AFP) - The Singapore government Saturday reopened a massive queue for mourners to pay their last respects to founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew after a temporary suspension for safety reasons.

A surge of mourners late Friday forced overwhelmed officials to cut off access to the Padang, an open field close to parliament, where Lee's remains have been lying in state since Wednesday.

The queue was reopened after seven hours.

An earlier government statement said that as of 11:00 pm Friday, more than 290,000 people had paid their respects to Lee, who led Singapore to independence from Malaysia in 1965.

Lee, who died at 91 on Monday after a long illness, is credited with the rise of the former British colony into one of the world's wealthiest societies after he served as prime minister for 31 years, followed by another 20 years as cabinet adviser.

Until the suspension, the queue ran for 24 hours amid a widespread show of grief over the passing of the patriarch who governed Singapore with an iron fist, sidelining political opponents, muzzling the media and restricting political freedoms as he steered the economy to prosperity.

Lee is to be given full state honours before being cremated Sunday, including a 21-gun salute and a flypast by fighter jets.

Former US President Bill Clinton, South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Malaysian King Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah are among the confirmed state representatives attending the funeral.

 

[johnny333]

Congratulations to organizers of sg50. We can now add these to the Singapore book of records.

Longest wait to enter funeral wake.

Largest crowd at a funeral wake.

Largest crowd at the cremation day.

Largest continent of 孝男孝女.

When you consider the number employed by the gov't & the GLCs. They & their families better show up or no bonuses or jobs.

 

[da dick]

Singapore restricts access to Lee's public wake over safety fears

wasted chance to stampede and kill off those cocksuckers by darwin's theory.