Singapore's founding leader Lee Kuan Yew will be given an elaborate state funeral Sunday, ending a week of mourning for the man who led the city-state to independence 50 years ago.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to line a 15.4-kilometre (9.6-mile) route to bid farewell to the authoritarian leader who served as prime minister for 31 years and turned Singapore into a global financial powerhouse.
Lee died on Monday aged 91 after seven weeks in hospital for severe pneumonia.
He became Singapore's first prime minister in 1959, when the island gained self-rule from colonial ruler Britain. Singapore became a republic in 1965 after a brief and stormy union with Malaysia.
More than 415,000 people, equivalent to 12 percent of Singapore's citizens, have filed past his coffin in an overwhelming show of sympathy never seen before in the country.
The casket will be borne in a glass case atop a gun carriage pulled by an open-topped ceremonial Land Rover for a procession that will pass by landmarks associated with the British-trained lawyer's political career.
Sirens will sound for the nation to observe a minute of silence for their former leader.
Former US president Bill Clinton will lead the American delegation that also includes former secretary of state Henry Kissinger, a close friend of Lee.
Singapore's former colonial ruler Britain will be represented by Leader of the House of Commons William Hague, who earlier served as foreign secretary.
Singapore has one of the highest GDP per capita incomes in the world at $56,284 in 2014, up from a mere $516 when it gained independence.
Ninety percent of Singaporeans own their homes, thanks to a public housing scheme launched by Lee, and the country enjoys one of the lowest crime rates in the world.
Its highly paid civil service is consistently ranked among the world's most honest.
But development has created fresh problems, topped by a rapidly ageing population, making Singapore dependent on foreigners who now make up nearly 40 percent of its 5.5 million population.
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