Singapore’s Former DPM ‘Toh Chin Chye’ Died at 90

Students of Raffles Girl’s Primary School line along the street to send off Singapore’s former deputy prime minister Toh Chin Chye, Feb. 7, 2012.

His funeral was held on Tuesday as all government buildings flew the national flag at half-mast. Toh Chin Chye, known as one of the most important members of Singapore’s first generation leadership, died on Friday at the age of 90. <Photo: Xinhua/ Then Chih Wey>

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