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I think everything you write in this letter is very pretty and high level - just like how you look, like a glam tai tai. But I do not respect what you are saying on LKY. If he do whatever you want him to do, then I will not be here using this computer to write you. I also don't think you will be who you are today.

The spotlight has been thrown onto Parkinson's Disease since it was announced last Sunday during the state funeral of the late Lee Kuan Yew that the late leader had struggled with disease 3 years ago. The disease afflicted him towards the end of his life, severely restricting his mobility and plaguing him with bouts of hiccups.

I didn’t understand the extent of deprivation then even though I too or rather, the entire family were deprived of our favourite Hokkien stories told by Ong Toh every night and Lei Tai Sor, the Cantonese story teller. There was also the Teochew story teller, who I cannot recall his name now. She must have suffered enormously because that was her only source of news and entertainment.

It was here, in the basement of the house more than half a century ago, that a group of altruistic and committed politicians gathered frequently to discuss and plan Singapore's self-autonomy and subsequent independence from the British administration during those turbulent days in the 1950s. It would be most regrettable if Mr Lee's house were eventually demolished.

Please wake up from the Spell of Sympathy as soon as possible. The propaganda you have been seeing and hearing for the whole last week cannot whitewash nor deny the fact that LKY has brought upon Singapore a Dictatorial rule. Don't be fooled by the mere presence of "General Elections". As I have told my Hong Kong friends, Democracy is not just about Universal Suffrage. It is about a whole system built on the basis of Separation of Powers, to effect a true system of Checks and Balances.

Amos Yee posted a 8-minute Youtube video last week which disparaged Lee Kuan Yew's career and make insensitive remarks about Christianity. He called Lee Hsien Loong a "motherf**ker" and challenged him to sue.

Countries can thrive without those impractical liberal values. We don't need unrestrained freedom of expression because we need to consider the cultural, racial and religious sensitivities of the different communities in Singapore. We don't need western-model of freedom of assembly where people can gather as and when they like to protest senselessly because we have many open channels to feedback to government and political leaders about flaws in policies; if they don't listen, citizens have the right to vote them out. Aljunied GRC is a prime example.

In tribute to the late Lee Kuan Yew, the first prime minister of Singapore, A.S.S. has compiled another list of moving images from LKY's final day state funeral and procession. In these pictures, Singaporeans are queuing up and braving the storm that struck parts of central Singapore just as the procession to shift LKY to his penultimate destination at the NUS University Cultural Center begun. The effect of the rain on Singaporeans and their determination to stand their ground was no less dramatic than the day it rained on our National Day Parade many years ago.

Dear Singaporean, please be mindful of your words & actions during this period of Nation mourning for the loss of our Founding Father. If you cannot see or appreciate what LKY had done for Singapore, your freedom of speeches or actions should be after his state burial.

27 countries, regions and international organisations, represented by 170 dignitaries throughout the world attended the 4-day lying in state for the late Lee Kuan Yew at Parliament House. The visitors included Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his cabinet, former US President Bill Clinton, Vice President of China Li Yuanchao. Mr Li attended the wake as a special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping and met Teo Chee Hean on Saturday.