Straits Times publishes 24-page special morning edition in tribute to Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore news websites go ad-free
The Straits Times is publishing a 24-page special edition in tribute to Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of Singapore, who passed away in the early hours of this morning.
The tabloid format edition hit the shelves at 10.30am in the city centre and 11am island-wide.
MediaCorp’s TODAY newspaper is also set to run a special edition later today. A 44-page edition devoted to LKY will be available from noon today.
The websites of The Straits Times and TODAY have been cleared of advertising, the mastheads have gone black, and they are running stories almost exclusively on Lee Kuan Yew this morning.
Lee was pronounced dead at 3.18am, at which time the country’s newspapers had already gone to press.
Last week, Singapore Press Holdings sent a memo to advertisers saying that it would not accept tribute ads to Lee Kuan Yew, as agencies had been scrambling to create messages of tribute to the former prime minister. The publisher has said that otherwise it will be “business as usual for advertising in SPH newspapers and other platforms.”
Meanwhile, Singapore’s most-read news websites have gone ad free.
Google carried a logo created in tribute to LKY – a black ribbon – on its homepage.
An Instagram account has launched to pay tribute to LKY, bearing the new logo.
A great man with vision…a man who steered this little red dot..from nowhere..from an island of poverty to where we are today…it is sad indeed he will miss to witness the SG 50 celebrations…however he will always be remembered in our heart as we move on in this challenging world of today.
ReplyDarkness and far..
What lies ahead…
The future uncertainty…
Truth maybe seen..
But no guarantee…
1965 was the year…
Our thanks to our late Mr LKY…
My condolences to our PM Mr Lee and his family…
Im deeply saddened by the passing of MR Lee kuan yew .His transformative role and leadership in making Singapore the innovation capital that we all know today is immeasurable MR LEE’s presence will be clearly missed We would like to extend our deepest condolences to MR LEE’s family and to all Singaporeans in this time of need ………… Crying while I watch the video Thank you MR LEE KUAN YEW for building up a strong Singapore. I Thank you so much
ReplyWhat a great man he was! I always admired him. He will be admired also when he is gone. Singapore and him cannot be separated. He loved Singapore and Singaporeans. He worked tirelessly to develop Singapore and bring it to International fame. He is now gone, but his legacy will live for a very long time. He has placed well educated, well experienced people in charge of Singapore. He also wanted to observe them in reality, so he took leave even when he could have continued. I hope he died a happy man. May God bless him in Heavens.
ReplyThe video tributes just keep pouring in…
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=962393733805794
ReplyYour breathe – Merdeka
A weak fetus
With no hope
Nurtured in your womb
Your heart your mind
With great love and belief
and the will to go on
A maternal madness, a craze…
To birth it like a strong giant
But it was born with the head of a lion and a fish tail
What a joke…she had no legs or arms
Nor did she possess a natural charm
A very strange creature, what’s the price?
To live in a fool’s paradise…?
You roared Merdeka Merdeka Merdeka!
With tears in your eyes when she was born
When this helpless creature was split and torn
You breathed her life
You swore her a future
Metamorphosis was your mantra
You were her greatest teacher
Half a decade through, the world hear your Giant ROAR
Even without wings, now this beast can soar
Through the skies to ever endless possibilities
And the world’s people to flock here through the seven seas
50 years now with pride together we stand
To say our mother, our father, our guru was a great man!
Who made us Singapore
Made us Singapore
We are Singapore!
You are mata
You are pita
You are guru
You are ALL
Your child the beast –
Singapore salutes you
With tears in her eyes
And a heavy heart
Heavy because you will always live in it
as strong as her Giant roar!
This is not good bye our guardian angel…
as we fly high with our phantom wings…
as will you continue to fly with us …
Stay with us
In our Hearts
In our Minds
In our Soil!
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