In 2015, our nation will be celebrating 50 years of Independence come 9th August but a tragic event happens on 23rd March 2015, our founding father Mr Lee Kuan Yew passed away, age 91 there was a week of national mourning many Singaporean and world leaders paid tributes to him at a lying-in-state at Singapore Parliament House and also at community site all across the nation. On 29th March the funeral of the late Lee Kuan Yew was held and crowds brave the heavy rain along the funeral route taking him from Parliament House through City Hall, Central Business District, Housing Estate and onward to the Mandai Crematorium. It was a sombre National Day on the 9th of August to celebrate SG50 without Lee Kuan Yew for the first time.
