March 28, 05:38 PM 
514 Chai Chee Lane 03-16, Singapore 469029 Not sure whether you want to spend more than 8 hours queuing up to pay your last respects to Lee Kuan Yew at the Parliament House?
There is an alternative. 18 alternatives in fact.
There are currently 18 community sites set up across Singapore for the public to pay their last respects to the founding Prime Minister of Singapore.
In fact, Channel NewsAsia reported that the number of visitors to the 18 sites as of yesterday midnight was 670,000.
All 18 community tribute sites for Lee will now be open for 24 hours a day until the end of the State Funeral on Sunday (Mar 29), according to the People's Association.
The 18 sites are located at:
- Aljunied GRC: Kovan Hub
- Ang Mo Kio GRC: Ang Mo Kio Central Stage @ Ang Mo Kio Town Centre
- Bishan-ToaPayoh GRC: Toa Payoh Central Community Club
- Choa Chu Kang GRC: Hardcourt opposite Choa Chu Kang MRT Station
- East Coast GRC: Open space @ Bedok Town Centre
- Holland-Bukit Timah GRC: Senja-Cashew Community Club
- Jurong GRC: Canopy beside Jurong Regional Library
- Marine Parade GRC: Kampong Kembangan Community Club (Foyer)
- Moulmein-Kallang GRC: Hong Lim Park next to Telok Ayer Hong Lim Green Community Centre
- Nee Soon GRC: Hardcourt at Blk 749 Yishun Street 72
- Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC: Sengkang Community Hub (Hardcourt)
- Sembawang GRC: Woodlands Civic Centre (Open Space)
- Tampines GRC: Tampines Community Plaza
- Tanjong Pagar GRC: Tanjong Pagar Community Club
- West Coast GRC: Blk 442 and Blk 449 Clementi Ave 3
- People’s Association Headquarters
- Marina Barrage
- Singapore Botanic Gardens
Residents can also visit the sites for a live telecast of the State Funeral tomorrow.
Besides paying your last respects to Lee, below are ten possible things you might witness or encounter at the community clubs tribute sites:
1. One of the Pall Bearers of Lee Kuan Yew’s casket at Parliament House
Source: People's Association Facebook
Stanly Tan, Senior Constituency Manager, Buona Vista Constituency Office was one of the 8 Pall Bearers who received Lee’s casket. He was the representative of People's Association and the grassroots.
2. Emotional scenes of Singaporeans breaking down
If you see any fellow Singaporean residents crying, please offer a helping hand (a tissue or a shoulder to cry on) to them.
3. You can spot Ministers and MPs comforting the residents
Minister for Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan looking on, as a resident wrote her message on the condolences book. Source
Minister of State Lam Ping Min speaking to the residents. Source: Lam Ping Min Facebook page
Education Minister Heng Swee Keat shaking the hands of residents at Tampines. Source: Tampines North Facebook page
Or in need of comfort.
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Posted by Mothership.sg on Friday, March 27, 2015
4. Creative tributes that decorated the sites
A tribute sown from cloth.
Tribute designed by young kindergarten kids.
5. Uniformed groups paying their respects
6. Touching words of love
They were crafted by people all over Singapore for Lee Kuan Yew - on condolence cards, paper, bouquet of flowers.
7. Lee Kuan Yew-related memorabilia
LKY-pins at some tribute sites. Source
LKY badges distributed at Nee Soon tribute site last night.
8. Heartwarming scenes of volunteers helping out
Photo by reader
Photo by reader
Photo by reader
9. Young people learning about Lee Kuan Yew for the first time
Young girl from Pcf Sparkletots Preschool Zhenghua Source
Young children from Pcf Sparkletots Preschool Zhenghua and their families paying tribute to Lee. Source
Mdm Shahidah, 38, brought her two daughters, Hana Atirah and Haney Nadya, to the tribute site so that they could pen down their words of gratitude. Source
Photo by reader
10 Live telecast of the State Funeral on 29 March 2015.
18 community sites and all CCs will be screening the State Funeral Procession and State Funeral Service, "live" from the University Cultural Centre on from 2pm to 5.15pm.
At the community sites and CCs, members of the public will observe one minute of silence, recite the pledge and sing the National Anthem at the same moment with guests at the UCC. Limited copies of the Funeral Service programme booklet will be available for those present.
You can check out the venues here.
Top photo from Remembering Lee Kuan Yew Facebook page.