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Traffic Arrangements for the State Funeral of The Late Mr Lee Kuan Yew 2

27 March 2015

The State Funeral Service for the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew will be held at the University Cultural Centre (UCC) located at the National University of Singapore (NUS) on Sunday, 29 March 2015. It will commence at 2 p.m.

The State Funeral Procession for the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew will be held on the same day, at 12.30 p.m. It will leave Parliament House for the University Cultural Centre.

After the State Funeral Service, the body of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew will be brought to Mandai Crematorium.

The following roads will be closed to facilitate the procession and the funeral service during the stipulated timing:

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As special traffic arrangements have been made to facilitate the procession from the Parliament House to the University Cultural Centre, traffic is expected to be heavy along the following roads from 12.30 p.m. to 2.00 p.m.

  • Esplanade Drive

  • Fullerton Road

  • Raffles Quay

  • Shenton Way

  • Keppel Road

  • Cantonment Road

  • Kampong Bahru Road

  • Jalan Bukit Merah

  • Queensway

  • Commonwealth Avenue West

  • Commonwealth Avenue

  • Clementi Road

6 Traffic is expected to be heavy along the following roads to facilitate the procession from the University Cultural Centre to Mandai Crematorium from 4.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.

  • Clementi Road

  • Commonwealth Avenue West

  • Commonwealth Avenue

  • Queensway

  • Farrer Road

  • Adam Road

  • Lornie Road

  • Upper Thomson Road

  • Sembawang Road

  • Mandai Avenue

Public bus services will be diverted due to the road closures. Members of the public may refer to www.mytransport.sg (opens in new tab), www.sbstransit.com.sg (opens in new tab) and www.smrt.com.sg (opens in new tab) for details on the bus service diversions.

To facilitate the State Funeral Procession and State Funeral Service, there will be road closures and public bus services will be diverted. Please refer to Annex A (attached) for the affected bus services.


Police officers and Auxiliary Police Officers will be stationed at all affected road junctions to direct traffic. Motorists are also reminded not to park illegally along the affected roads as it will be towed away.

Members of the public who have enquiries on the State Funeral Service or the State Funeral Procession can call the hotline at 6336-1166.

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