Singapore’s founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, who died last month at the age of 91, inspired a day of national grief and gratitude on Sunday, March 29. Even the country’s two casinos, Resorts World Sentosa and Marina Bay Sands, gave a nod to the late pioneer, who once said casinos would open in the land “over my dead body.”
According to CalvinAyre.com, Resorts World Sentosa asked staff member to dress in “somber colors” on the day of the state funeral. “Together with the rest of the nation, we mourn the loss of a great leader. We apologize for any inconvenience caused,” Resorts World Sentosa said on its website.
Tributes to Lee included a 21-gun salute, fighter jets in the “missing man” formation, and a funeral process by gun carriage from the country’s parliamentary seat to a ceremony at the National University of Singapore, reported the Mumbai Firstpost. International leaders including Shinzo Abe of Japan, Narendra Modi of India and Joko Widodo of Indonesia attended the service.
The former prime minister held office from 1959 to 1990 and has been credited with turning Singapore from a struggling port to call into one of the world’s wealthiest countries.
