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Over the last week during the week-long period of National Mourning for founding father Lee Kuan Yew, thousands of people from across the island visited the Istana where they left cards, gifts and flowers at condolence boards, paying respect and tribute to the nation's founding Prime Minister.
Out of the 18,000 condolence cards collected outside the Istana, 500 of them have been selected and added to the National Museum's memorial exhibition on Lee Kuan Yew, Channel NewsAsia reports.
The In Memoriam: Lee Kuan Yew 1923 - 2015 exhibition will run through Apr 26, with some parts of the memorial exhibition to be installed in the National Museum's new permanent galleries when they re-open later on in September.
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Visitors from all walks of life, of different ages, of different generations visited In Memoriam: Lee Kuan Yew, remembering his legacy. #rememberinglky
Posted by National Museum of Singapore on Friday, 27 March 2015
The National Museum also noted an exponential increase in the sales for Lee's various books, with an average of 1,400 copies being sold daily — some have even sold out.
So far, a total of 12,000 people have visited the exhibition.
Photo: Lester Babiera
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Over the last week during the week-long period of National Mourning for founding father Lee Kuan Yew, thousands of people from across the island visited the Istana where they left cards, gifts and flowers at condolence boards, paying respect and tribute to the nation's founding Prime Minister.
Out of the 18,000 condolence cards collected outside the Istana, 500 of them have been selected and added to the National Museum's memorial exhibition on Lee Kuan Yew, Channel NewsAsia reports.
The In Memoriam: Lee Kuan Yew 1923 - 2015 exhibition will run through Apr 26, with some parts of the memorial exhibition to be installed in the National Museum's new permanent galleries when they re-open later on in September.
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Visitors from all walks of life, of different ages, of different generations visited In Memoriam: Lee Kuan Yew, remembering his legacy. #rememberinglky
Posted by National Museum of Singapore on Friday, 27 March 2015
The National Museum also noted an exponential increase in the sales for Lee's various books, with an average of 1,400 copies being sold daily — some have even sold out.
So far, a total of 12,000 people have visited the exhibition.
Photo: Lester Babiera