THE US DELEGATION TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF LEE KUAN YEW–FORMER POTUS BILL CLINTON, HENRY KESSINGER, NSA TOM DONILON, US AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE KIRK WAGAR AND FORMER US AMBASSADOR STEVEN GREEN–AS S KOREA SENDS ITS PRESIDENT PARK GEUN HYE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE ASIAN CAPITALIST TIGER COUNTRY FOUNDING PRESIDENT

Singapore's closest friends and allies are gathering to mourn the loss of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, in a remarkable tribute to a man who stepped down from national leadership almost a quarter of a century ago.

United States President Barack Obama, who spoke with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday, reached out to his Democratic Party's eminence grise, former president Bill Clinton, to lead the US presidential delegation for Sunday's funeral service for Mr Lee.

Mr Clinton, who continues to be enormously popular in his country, will be accompanied by Dr Henry Kissinger, who was secretary of state to former president Richard Nixon and had been a longstanding friend of Mr Lee's since they first met at Harvard University in 1967.

Also in the official US delegation are former national security adviser Tom Donilon, US Ambassador to Singapore Kirk Wagar and Mr Steven Green, a former American envoy to Singapore.

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South Korean President Park Geun-hye left for Singapore on Saturday to attend the funeral ceremony of the city state's founder, Lee Kuan Yew.
Lee, who is credited with transforming a port city into a thriving global finance and trade hub during his 31-year-old rule, died Monday at the age of 91.
Park is set to attend a state funeral set to begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday and console his bereaved family, including Lee's son, current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, according to her office.
It would be the first time for Park to attend a funeral of an overseas political leader since she took office in 2013.

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