Crowds queue early to pay last respects to Lee Kuan Yew


The queue of mourners waiting to pay their last respects to Lee Kuan Yew at around 4am on Thursday. The queue stretched all the way to Hong Lim park. - ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO

SINGAPORE: People waiting to pay their respects to Lee Kuan Yew started queueing at the Padang field just before 5.30am, Thursday, on the second day of public mourning for the former prime minister. 

As at 6am, the waiting time is three hours, according to the state funeral organisers' website. 

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