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Crowds brave torrential rain as they await funeral procession for Lee Kuan Yew
Well before the commencement of the state funeral for the nation's first Prime Minister, the skies cracked open and unleashed a proper thunderstorm across Singapore — but those waiting by the roads to...
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Video: Live stream of the State Funeral for Lee Kuan Yew
It's the final day of National Mourning, and it's a sombre mood all around as torrential rains pour across Singapore as the nation's founding Prime Minister makes his final journey from the Parliament...
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Lee Kuan Yew gets a hero's funeral
More than 100,000 people lined Singapore's streets to bid farewell to its founding father Lee Kuan Yew on Sunday, officials said as a week of mourning ended in the city-state he led to prosperity....
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Watch: 10 eulogies dedicated to Lee Kuan Yew at his State Funeral
And so it ends. After a hectic seven-day period of National Mourning filled with sadness, tributes, long queues and ultimate devotion, Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has finally gone...
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Words and photos by Eszter Papp With his hair matted down over his forehead, shirt and trousers drenched and water squelching in his sandals 59-year-old Ng Poh Seng, pictured above, summed up the mood...
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Arrested: Amos Yee, teen who posted anti-Lee Kuan Yew video
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. It's not like he wasn't expecting it. On a video he posted to YouTube last week, the former child actor (Jack Neo's We Not Naughty) Amos Yee went on...
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Where were the RSAF jets at the State Funeral Procession yesterday?
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. The Republic of Singapore Air Force's (RSAF) official aerobatics team the Black Knights were supposed to perform a 'missing man flyby' yesterday...
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Lee Kuan Yew wouldn't have ruled Hong Kong
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. In the years after he stepped down as Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew's insight and advice was still very much valued not just in Singapore but also...
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Video: Lee Kuan Yew funeral procession at Singapore Padang
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. More than 100,000 people lined Singapore's streets to bid farewell to founding father Lee Kuan Yew yesterday. People chanted his name and wept...
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Video: PM Lee's final eulogy to Lee Kuan Yew, as his son
As Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong took to the stage yesterday during the state funeral to deliver the first eulogy for the late Lee Kuan Yew, it was apparent that he was struggling with emotions during...
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Hong Kong screening of Lee Kuan Yew's state funeral disrupted by Kim Jong-un...
As crowds gathered on the 46th floor of the Wan Chai skyscraper in Hong Kong to watch the live broadcast of Lee Kuan Yew's state funeral yesterday, a man took to the stage at Central Plaza,...
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Malaysian news channel Astro Awani broadcasts LKY state funeral, some...
Malaysian television news channel Astro Awani carried out a live broadcast of Lee Kuan Yew's state funeral yesterday, but it seems that not all Malaysians are too happy with the fact the significant...
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Minute of silence from Orchard Road to Changi Airport
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. There is a time for silence. The busy stretch of Orchard Road was quiet on Sunday as some establishments went beyond the call for a minute of...
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Blaze at two separate Ho Ching Road blocks yesterday leaves 3 in hospital
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. A huge blaze attacked the HDB block along Ho Ching Road in the early hours of yesterday morning, forcing residents to evacuate their flats. The New...
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Blogger Grace Tan invokes spirit of LKY, files injunction against Xiaxue
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Not too long ago, renowned blogger Wendy Cheng (aka Xiaxue) applied for a protection order against infamous trolls and satirists SMRT Ltd (Feedback)...
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When someone offers you two weeks in paradise, you take it
Presented by Or at least try. Our idea of paradise, the Renaissance Koh Samui Resort & Spa, wants to let a couple in for a whole two weeks — for free. If you want to be that couple, just follow...
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Online petition to rename Changi Airport after Lee Kuan Yew gets over 12k...
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. An online petition has been filed on Change.Org to change to the name of our award-winning airport to Lee Kuan Yew International Airport. Originally...
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Minister Heng Swee Keat wants Lee Kuan Yew's red box to go on public display
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Speaking at Changkat Primary School earlier today, Education Minister Heng Swee Keat announced possible plans to display the late Lee Kuan Yew's...
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Lee Kuan Yew's daughter thanks his dedicated staff in touching eulogy
Got a tip? Send it to us at singapore@coconuts.co. Behind every great man there's an army of loyal workers — and they deserve mention. In her eulogy for her father last night at the private cremation...
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