nytimes.com - SINGAPORE — Thousands of Singaporeans braved a torrential downpour on Sunday for a final farewell to the country’s founding prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, whose funeral drew a long list of leaders and dignitaries from across the globe.
The funeral procession wound through rain-soaked streets to the National University of Singapore, where a service was held ahead of a private cremation. Mr. Lee’s coffin was taken on a route that was meant to be symbolic of his accomplishments, passing by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau — a tribute to his reputation for incorruptibility — and two of the country’s oldest government-backed housing developments in a nation with one of the world’s highest rates of homeownership.
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