As the Lying In State of the late Lee Kuan Yew drew the longest queue that Singapore has ever seen to the Parliament House, netizens debate over wearing black or white on March 29, 2015, the last of the seven-day mourning declared for the late founding prime minister of Singapore.
Traditionally, as a sign of mourning and respect, the Chinese in Singapore do not wear colors like red or orange to funerals.
In reality, one is never ever ready to say goodbye. In the priority queue that I was volunteering at, some appears so intent on paying their respects on his last physical journey here that they have forgotten to eat, and an occasional visitor forgets the color code.
With the regular queue spanning up to 10 hours long at times, often under a punishing hot sun, you have to admire the grit and determination of these people.
It's what's in the heart that counts.
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HM Khesar and Queen Jetsun arrives at the Cultural Centre, National University of Singapore, almost immediately after their official tour of southern Bhutan.
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