haslinda: lee kuan yew, pragmatists, visionary. rishaad: dallas has haslinda amin.get -- that was has haslinda amin. haslinda: there has been reaction coming from across the world. the u.s. is saddened by the death and australia says that singapore has lost the leader that guided it for 30 years and neighboring malaysia since the deepest condolences to the people. the prime minister says his prayers and thoughts are with the country and as a sign of respect, singapore will announce a seven day morning. then -- morning period. the body will then lie in state at parliament house for the public to pay respect untils saturday. the funeral will be on sunday. lee said heago, would like his ashes to be mixed with those of his wife died three years ago and the ashes placed side-by-side with her at the burial mound. i want to take you to what his son has to say. us, give uspired courage, kept us together, and brought us here. independence -- fought for our independence and made us proud to be singaporeans. we will not see another man like him. too many singaporeans and other

haslinda: absolutely. absurd stepping down -- after stepping down, he became mentor for the cabinet of his son. the turning point was the last election in 2011. the ruling party, the people's action party, won by the slimmest margin since independence. it propped it him to retreat from politics, but he was never too far away. there were concerns about where the country was heading. that is typical of lee kuan yew. his famous words were, even when you are about to lower him into the grave, if something is going wrong, he will get up. lee kuan yew said he spent his life building cigna poor -- singapore. the first prime minister, and for many, his name is synonymous with the development of this government. lee kuan yew's is called singapore's founding father. he was the first prime minister, leading it through political and financial uncertainty as it emerged from british rule to independence in 1965. rule, his three decade the country became one of the world's biggest economic successes with a simple guiding

haslinda: do you expect to see a stronger opposition? kenneth: i would expect the opposition to make many inroads. in part this is to be expected. i would hope they do become a stronger opposition so we can go back to being the kind of place that experiments with alternative ideas. in many ways opposition can play a role in forcing us to revisit some of the views. we become very reliant on methods of the past. having a strong opposition will help us to look again at the ways we do things and perhaps come up with better ways to do things. >> the outside world has often seen singapore as a straightlaced society with a caning, death penalties. will the perception people hold of singapore change? >> in an interesting way singapore has never been as one-dimensional. we might see this vision of a straightlaced society but there has always been current of diversity, of color, of transgression. sometimes they are pushed underground. singapore even in colonial days was a wild place. i think the type of singapore we want to see as we become more v

haslinda: absolutely, a difficult day emotionally.ingapore is not likely to ever see such outpourings of emotions in the country. yesterday the state funeral was held. tens of thousands of people took to the street from as early as 9 a.m. they want to pay tribute to the man who changed the fortunes of singapore from backwater to one of the richest in the world. many came dressed in black and white, mourning colors. some seen draping the national flag on them, and many shouted the name lee kuan yew out loud. they sing the national anthem and the pledge as well. many feeling inc. full for the -- thankful for the life they have built. i want to bring in our guest. he was singapore's ambassador to geneva. good morning. lots of people from overseas a their respect -- pay their respects, including prime minister modi. what is the significant? >> in many ways the newport can be regarded as one of the closest in the region. they have believe india will withtremendous progress. prime minister modi as prime minister, the destiny could be met. t

let's get one more from haslinda. did his influence go beyond singapore? haslinda bank for sure.e change singapore's fortunes and turned to one the richest cities in asia and he is known to be a visionary well respected by his peers elsewhere in the world. not a surprise hit influence goes well beyond singapore. china, for one, and economic model for china. he experienced to help open the chinese economy and the early days. leak one you and -- li and two pink were close friends -- li an d xinping were close friends. market? mark: a key question, how will singapore be without lee kuan yew? haslinda: that is what singaporeans are grappling with. most of us only know singapore led by lee kuan yew and as much as a country is looking for change, no one really knows how exactly to get there. a promise by the son of lee kuan yew he acknowledged singapore is at an inflection point. the ruling party which has been in power since loong won by the slimmest of margins ever is criticized with being out of touch with the people who are no longer politically apathetic you their expectations it

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