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Remembering Lee Kuan Yew

The State Funeral Procession and Funeral Service

North Bridge Road

Supreme Court Lane

Parliament
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Stamford Road

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Coleman Street

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City Hall

St Andrews Road

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12.30pm:
Four Guard-of-Honour
contingents from the
Army, Navy, Air Force and
Police Force will form up to
await the gun carriage
bearing the late Mr Lees
coffin. Forty-eight personnel from the SAF and SPF
in ceremonial unimogs
(military vehicles) will
form the escorts behind
the gun carriage.

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11.30 a.m. to 3.00 p.m.

Funeral service to involve people

who reflect Mr Lees legacy
Head of Civil Service
Peter Ong to be the Master
of Ceremony for the service

hen the gun carriage bearing Mr Lee Kuan Yews body

arrives at the University
Cultural Centre (UCC), it will be received by a Line of Honour, comprising 48personnel from the Singapore
Armed Forces (SAF) Military Police
Command.
They will invert their weapons
called Resting on Arms Reversed,
which is the highest form of respect
the SAF can pay to the deceased
and bow their heads as a mark of
respect.
The Coffin Bearer Party, comprising eight senior officers from the
Army, Navy, Air Force and Police
Force, will then carry the national
flag-draped coffin towards the UCC,
slow-marching to the tune of Dead
March from Saul performed by the
SAF Military Band.
Behind them, Chief Mourner,
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong,
and other family members will be
accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam,

labour chief Lim Swee Say, and 14

other pall-bearers representing the
various fields in which the late Mr Lee
made special contributions.
The 14 other pall bearers include:
Two long-time members of the
labour movement, former and current
NTUC presidents, John De Payva and
Diana Chia, respectively
Four representatives from the
fields pertaining to MrLees contributions in building a safe, secure
and harmonious Singapore, such as
Ambassador-at-Large DrChan Heng
Chee and Staff Sergeant (Ret) Kang
Lye Teck, who was in the inaugural
cohort of National Servicemen in 1967
Two representatives of Mr Lees
legacy in infrastructure development:
PUB Chairman Tan Gee Paw and
MrPok Sheung Foo, who was part of
the team which studied and planned
for Singapores first MRT lines
Two representatives marking
MrLees lifelong commitment to education: Incoming Director-General
of Education Wong Siew Hoong, and
LKY-STEP Award recipient Qurratu
Ain Aminurrashid
Three others, including Singapore Airlines flight stewardess Ann
Marie Leong

The Coffin Bearer Party,

comprising eight senior
officers from the Army,
Navy, Air Force and Police Force,
will then carry the national flagdraped coffin towards the UCC,
slow-marching to the tune of
Dead March from Saul performed
by the SAF Military Band.
When the cortege
arrives at Mandai
Crematorium, Mr Lee
will be received by medical staff
who looked after him in his
final years, as well as the
Personal Security Officers who
protected him for over 50 years.
Director for Conservation at National Parks Board Wong Tuan Wah,
who will represent Mr Lees achievements in greening Singapore.
Upon entering the UCC, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra will start
performing J S Bachs Air from Orchestral Suite No 3 in D Major, before
the casket is placed on the bier for the
start of the funeral service.
Mr Peter Ong, Head of Civil Service, will be the Master of Ceremony

for the service, during which 10 eulogies will be presented, with PM Lee
the first to do so.
After the late Mr Lees second son
Lee Hsien Yang concludes his eulogy,
PM Lee and President Tony Tan will
lay two wreaths, before a long bugler
from the SAF Military Band will
sound the Last Post representing
a final salute to the deceased.
This will be followed by the first
time ever the SCDF Public Warning
System siren will be used to signal
the start of a minute of silence.
Subsequently, a bugle call known
as The Rouse will be sounded as a
symbolic call back to duty after respect has been paid to the memory
of the deceased.
Finally, attendees of the funeral
service will collectively recite the
National Pledge and sing the National
Anthem. All Singaporeans across the
island are encouraged to join in.
The State Funeral Service comes
to an end when the casket is marched
out of the UCC Hall.
Eight pallbearers representing
MrLees long-time Tanjong Pagar
ward will send him off for a private
cremation service at Mandai Crematorium. Some of these are Mr Lees
stalwart political comrades such as
Mr Chng Jit Koon and Associate
Professor Koo Tsai Kee.
When the cortege arrives at Mandai Crematorium, Mr Lee will be received by medical staff who looked
after him in his final years, as well
as the Personal Security Officers
who protected him for over 50 years.