March 27, 10:03 PM 
514 Chai Chee Lane 03-16, Singapore 469029 Late Thursday evening and early Friday morning marked the second night Singaporeans queued through the dead of night to pay their respects to Lee Kuan Yew.
Aside from the epic queues snaking round the Padang, several community centres have also been transformed into 24-hour community tribute centres
We found that two instagrammers thought it was a good idea to travel through the night to document the people at these centres. They even found time to interview the volunteers/visitors there.
We asked them if we could ‘borrow’ some of their photos and they agreed:
Kovan Hub: public area
“Tomorrow is my off-day so I offered to take the night shift. Tonight not just guard duty, I have to talk to the residents and some ask me to take photo.” Johnny Tan, 35, Cashier, 5 years with Constituency Sport Club. Source: @aikbengchia
Source: @aikbengchia
Hong Lim Park: public area
Fione, Xaria and Hansol decided to move away from the parliament queue to spend some quiet moments here. They wrote about how Mr #LKY’s contributions and policies benefited them and touched on the inspiring love story of Mr Lee and his wife. Source: @aikbengchia
Ang Mo Kio Town Centre: public area
Source: @josiahng
The volunteer preparing to pass a #LKY Tribute sticker to a visitor who is about to finish his thoughts on the condolence book. Source: @josiahng
Choa Chu Kang: public area
Source: @josiahng
“I would want a drink under the hot sun and so I went and gave out drinks to people in the queue.” Jonathan Ng, 22, Student, have been with the Youth Executive committee for the past 6 years. Source @josiahng
“The residents come here to pay respect and my job is to direct my team and be as invisible as possible.” Sundram, 52, volunteer for 26 years. Source @josiahng
“These are priceless artwork from the community. So must treat with special care when we move them to make way for more to come in.” Mdm Pang, 60, volunteer for 25 years. Source: @josiahng
East Coast: public area
Source: @aikbengchia
“My English not so good but I can still help Malay residents to translate during meet-the-people-sessions. Boleh lah!” Malik, 53, a volunteer of 16 years. What touched him was when he witnessed a resident in wheelchair bow down during the tribute. Source: @aikbengchia
Tampines Community Plaza: public area
Source: @aikbengchia
“Was here since 5pm and I intend to stay here till 6am in case of unexpected crowd. In between the ushering job, there’s always things to do.” Source: @aikbengchia
Tanjong Pagar: Tanjong Pagar Community Club
Source: @aikbengchia
“Balloons make people happy. I want Mr Lee to be happy. We must celebrate his life. I am building another sculpture. This one requires one day. It’s ok, I’m not so tired. I can walk home and sleep when I am done.” Diana Lim, 56, Freelance balloon sculptor. Source: @aikbengchia
And of course, photos of the night everyone queued around the Padang:
Source: @aikbengchia
Photographs are credit of @aikbengchia and @josiahng
Top photo from @aikbengchia (Kovan Hub)
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