Saturday 28 March 2015

City Hall
and The
Padang

The PAP held its victory rally here after sweeping the
polls at Singapores first General Elections on June 3, 1959,
when MrLee told the tens of thousands gathered there that
day: We begin a new chapter in the history of Singapore.
It was also on the steps of City Hall that Mr Lee read the
Malaysian Proclamation on Sept 16, 1963. Two years later,
Mr Lee issued the Proclamation declaring Singapores
Independence from his office on the buildings second floor.

NTUC Centre
and Trade
Union House
Unions were the arena of
contest between the noncommunists, led by MrLee,
and the pro-communists,
led by Lim Chin Siong, for
the hearts and minds of
workers. Desiring to make
the labour movement the
Governments partner
in the nation-building
process, Mr Lee helped
develop tripartism.

12.30pm
The State Funeral Procession
will leave from Parliament House

Stamford Road

Parliament
1
House Old Parliament

Esplanade Drive
Fullerton Road

House

City Hall and

The Padang

St Andrew's Road
North Bridge Road

Collyer Quay

Road

dra
Alexan

Bukit Merah
Estate

Raffles Quay

New
Bridge Road

Kampong
Bahru Road

Tanjong
Pagar
Estate

Shenton Way

Cantonment Road

5
Jalan
Bukit Merah

NTUC
Centre

Tanjong Pagar, Bukit Merah, Commonwealth

and Queenstown HDB estates
Mr Lees massive goal of housing a nation and driving up homeownership started here. Home
ownership would give Singaporeans a sense of belonging to the community and the nation, he felt,
and provide them with an asset that would grow as Singapore grew. That more than 90 per cent
of Singaporeans now own their homes represents one of Mr Lees most significant achievements.

Keppel Road

PSA

PSA
Modern Singapore has
been synonymous
with its port since
Sir Stamford Raffles
set foot here in 1819.
MrLeebelieved
PSA was crucial to
Singapores wider
economy and
constantly fought
against complacency
to ensure Singapore
remains the preferred
port of call in the face of
keen competition from
other regional ports.