There is no life here that Mr Lee Kuan Yew did not touch or shape in some fundamental way.
Tanglin Halt resident Sayuti Dahlan, 82, remembered that, as a young man in his 20s, he would cycle from Pasir Panjang to Tanjong Pagar to attend rallies where Mr Lee would give powerful speeches.
Standing on a stationary, open- topped lorry, he would shout: "The British think we are stupid. But I will show them that the people of Singapore can and will have merdeka (freedom)."
Mr Dahlan underlined a defining characteristic of the founding Prime Minister's legacy:
"Mr Lee never used the words Chinese or Malay or Indian to describe us. He always said Singaporeans."
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