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Mahathir expresses sadness in blog post titled "Kuan Yew and I" Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Dr. Mahathir Mohamed has paid tribute to Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew in a 13-pointer blog post published today (27 March). Source "I cannot say I was a close friend" Mahathir acknowledged that the relations between him and...

Quotes ministers gave from Parliament sitting Parliament convened yesterday for a special sitting (26 March) to pay tribute to the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew. A total of 11 ministers spoke, each conveying their deepest condolences to LKY's family members, and recalling personal anecdotes. A lone bouquet of white flowers were placed...

Ouyang Huanyan looked after Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's household from the 1940s While news of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's passing was spreading like wildfire on the Internet in Singapore, all was peaceful at Shun De Foshan, China. A 98-year-old lady, Mdm Ouyang Huan Yan, who was Mr. Lee's former nanny, was...

Increasing calls for an exemption to allow people to display flag of Singapore UPDATE (27 March) Minister for Communications, Youth and Information Lawrence Wong has turned down the suggestion for Singaporeans to be allowed to hang the flag of Singapore publicly on Sunday, the day of Lee Kuan Yew's state funeral. Source Although Wong...

Lee Kuan Yew didn't go to the United States in 1967 just to say Hi As more epic stories of Lee Kuan Yew past exploits continue resurfacing, we at MustShareNews today turn the spotlight on one tiny thing that perhaps many other sources may have forgotten. Our first Prime Minister went to the...

Gamblers attempt to capitalise on Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's death Mr. Lee Kuan Yew passed on at 3.18am on Monday (23 March) at Singapore General Hospital. By 8am that day, the number 0318 was already sold out at the various 4D outlets. The date of his death, 2303 and his...

First day for the public to pay respects and the crowd turnout is huge Mr Lee Kuan Yew's body was moved from Sri Temasek today to Parliament House, where his body will lie till Sunday for the public to pay their respects. Even before the procession was due to start, thousands had...

Imagine all 5.5 million of us in black on Sunday A movement has been circulating on the internet calling for all Singaporeans to wear black this coming Sunday (29 March) as a mark of respect for Mr Lee Kuan Yew. Source Reactions from the public As expected, opinions have been divided, just like how...

Member of Parliament Alex Yam posted on Facebook an anecdote of how the black ribbon motif came about. Source Tribute to Mr. Lee Kuan Yew in black ribbon motif Following Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's demise, a black ribbon motif with Mr. Lee's likeness has been circulating widely on social media. Many...

A reader shares a run-in with LKY We don't usually do reader submissions, but this story from a MustShareNews reader had us reaching for tissues. The reader prefers not to be named. We reproduce the submission in full below: I am a reader of the your site and I read the article of the Lee Kuan...