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Singapore is preparing to remember to its founding father Lee Kuan Yew, who died on Monday aged 91.Mr Lee's coffin will be carried across the streets of Singapore, and taken to a state funeral attended by world leaders. Over the past week, more than one million people have paid their respects to Mr Lee.

The funeral procession will begin on Sunday at 12:30 local time (04:30 GMT), with Mr Lee's coffin carried through central Singapore to the University Cultural Centre at the National University of Singapore.

The funeral service is expected to begin at 14:00, with foreign leaders including former US President Bill Clinton, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and UK House of Commons leader William Hague attending.

The country will also observe a minute's silence in the afternoon. Current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is Lee Kuan Yew's son, has described his father as " an extraordinary, deeply moving country leader " by the people.

Many of the city-state's shopping and commercial centres are expected to be closed on Sunday as a mark of respect to Mr Lee. 

Mr Lee was Singapore's prime minister for 31 years, stepping down in 1990.

He oversaw Singapore's independence from Britain and separation from Malaysia. Mr Lee said: "I'm not saying that everything I did was right, but everything I did was for an honourable purpose."

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