Lee Kuan Yew bids goodbye

Foreign leaders and diplomats will gather in Singapore today (Mar 29) to attend the state funeral of Lee Kuan Yew, the country's founding father.

King of Malaysia Abdul Halim, Indonesian President Joko Widodo,Myanmar's President Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South Korean President Park Guen-Hye, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the funeral.

The US will be represented by former President Bill Clinton and former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, a close friend of Lee. The United Kingdom will be represented by First Secretary of State William Hague.

Sunday's public ceremony will be preceded by the State Funeral Procession from Parliament House to the University Cultural Center (UCC), where the funeral service for Singapore's first Prime Minister will be held from 2 pm to 5.15 pm.