Singapore, 26 March 2015 – More than 300 staff from Hong Leong Group Singapore joined the snaking queues today to pay their last respects to Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew at Parliament House.

Time Off to Pay Respects
Hong Leong Group staff – comprising City Developments Ltd (CDL), Hong Leong Holdings, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (M&C), Hong Leong Finance and Hong Leong Asia – were given time off to pay respects to the late Mr Lee. Over 300 staff from all over Singapore assembled at Republic Plaza in Raffles Place before walking towards the Padang to join the queue.

Cancellation of Events
In a mark of respect for the late Mr Lee, hotels under the Hong Leong Group have postponed and cancelled celebratory events in Singapore. A wedding show, which was to have taken place this Sunday, has been rescheduled to take place on 24 May. W Singapore – Sentosa Cove has also postponed a celebratory event, which was to take place today (26 March), till further notice.

Some ‘live’ band performances at the Group’s other hotels have been cancelled and ambient music has been toned down. Colourful decorations have also been taken down.

During this period of mourning, the Group’s hotels are also waiving any penalty fee for postponing of events. To date, there have been several requests to postpone events. These are mostly diplomatic events organised by foreign embassies and local government agencies.

City Square Mall, Singapore’s first eco-mall, has also cancelled its Earth Hour activities.

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