article_snippet: Singapore's 'founding father' Lee Kuan Yew is credited with transforming the country from a small, colonial British trading port into one of the world's wealthiest city states.
article_snippet: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Lee's son said: 'The light that has guided us all these years has been extinguished. '
article_snippet: To those who seek Singapore's 'founding father' Lee Kuan Yew monument, Singaporeans can reply proudly: "Look around those who seek Mr Lee Kuan Yew's monument.
article_snippet: Jennie Yeo, a teacher who arrived at 7am, said: 'His did everything for us Singaporeans regardless of race, language or religion. '
article_snippet: Singapore now has one of the worldhe’s highest GDP per capita incomes at $56,284 (£37,839) in 2014, up from a mere $516 (£346) when it gained independence.
article_snippet: Ninety per cent of Singaporeans own Singaporeans homes, thanks to a public housing scheme launched by Lee, and the country enjoys one of the worldhe’s lowest crime rates.
article_snippet: Tan Soon Wah, 60, said: 'I saw Singapore change from nothing to today.
article_snippet: I hope Singapore will carry on without Mr Lee.'
article_snippet: London-based author Salil Tripathi, who was a foreign correspondent in Singapore in the 1990s, said: 'London-based author Salil Tripathi, who was a foreign correspondent in Singapore in the 1990s sharp intellect gave London-based author Salil Tripathi, who was a foreign correspondent in Singapore in the 1990s the aura of an elder statesman, allowing London-based author Salil Tripathi, who was a foreign correspondent in Singapore in the 1990s admirers at home and abroad to overlook more complicated facts about London-based author Salil Tripathi, who was a foreign correspondent in Singapore in the 1990s, including how political opponents were treated.'