Dr Toh Chin Chye's funeral is held on Tuesday. In accordance with his wishes, it is a private funeral at Mandai Crematorium.

As a mark of respect to one of Singapore's founding fathers, Dr Toh Chin Chye is accorded the honour of being borne on the ceremonial gun carriage to the crematorium.

In addition, the state flag on all government buildings is flown at half-mast on the day of the funeral.

Remembering Toh Chin Chye: 1921 - 2012

Final farewell to PAP founding chairman Dr Toh Chin Chye

For the fourth time in six years, the flags on government buildings flew at half-mast in mourning on Tuesday. For the third time in two years, a ceremonial gun carriage made its slow journey to Mandai Crematorium.

To Watten Estate maids, Dr Toh Chin Chye was just a friendly man

Every morning, in his wheelchair, Dr Toh Chin Chye would greet the maids, sometimes stopping for a chat, as he was taken for his daily 'walk' through Watten Estate.

Toh Chin Chye was well loved at home, through tragedy and tears

Back in the 1950s, Dr Toh Chin Chye's parents in the Malaysian town of Taiping, in Perak, would wait anxiously for the postman on the last day of every month.

Toh Chin Chye's funeral: Lessons from 'Beautiful Sundays'

It was on a 'Beautiful Sunday' morning in 1988 that former PAP MP Loh Meng See first met Dr Toh Chin Chye. The meeting took place at the Prinsep Street community centre where the former deputy prime minister held his weekly Meet-the-People Sessions and regular discussions on public policies with volunteers.

PM Lee remembers 'generous and kind' Dr Toh in eulogy

The passing of Dr Toh Chin Chye 'reminds us of how we got here, how much we owe to him and his generation, and how heavy a responsibility we have to carry their vision forward,' said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his eulogy for the founding chairman of the PAP on Tuesday morning.

Students turn up at wake to honour Dr Toh Chin Chye

Students came by the busload on Monday with their teachers to pay their respects to People's Action Party (PAP) founding chairman and former deputy prime minister Toh Chin Chye.

'He hoped to excite and educate young Singaporeans about politics'

I was a trainee bank officer at the Rochor branch of DBS Bank when I fortuitously met Dr Toh Chin Chye at his constituency's National Day dinner in August 1984.

Khaw Boon Wan talks about his first boss at MOH

When Mr Khaw Boon Wan was Health Minister and formulating policies, he would think of Dr Toh Chin Chye. He would ask himself: 'What would Dr Toh think of this policy? How would it affect the lower-income group? What impact would it make?'

Dr Toh 'of a generation of warriors and builders'

Dr Toh Chin Chye was of a generation of leaders who were both 'warriors and builders', said Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong on Sunday.

Toh Chin Chye fund still serving elderly poor

A fund started more than 20 years ago in honour of Dr Toh Chin Chye is still around today. The Toh Chin Chye Benevolent Fund for the Aged currently helps around 300 elderly poor in Kampong Glam ward, which includes the original Rochor ward that Dr Toh helmed as MP from 1959 to 1988.

Call to make young Singaporeans more aware of nation's pioneers

Of the stream of visitors arriving at 23, Greenview Crescent over the last two days to pay their final respects to Dr Toh Chin Chye, few had unwrinkled faces or black hair.

'Meeting Dr Toh Chin Chye changed our lives'

When Madam Sim Suo Ngoh heard the news of Dr Toh Chin Chye's death on Friday, the 81-year-old insisted that her son Han Hai Kwang take her to the wake.

Passing of a generation, says Prime Minister Lee

As children, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his siblings would visit Dr Toh Chin Chye's house with their father, Mr Lee Kuan Yew.

Loved ones kept Dr Toh Chin Chye company

Dr Toh Chin Chye lived alone for the last three years of his life. But until the end, he was surrounded by family and close friends who indulged him in his love of debate on current affairs, sampling red wine and orchids.

Dr Toh Chin Chye: Treasuring lively meals with a spirited man

The last time I spoke to Dr Toh Chin Chye was on Tuesday, when former Old Guard minister Ong Pang Boon, former minister of state Tang See Chim and I made our annual Chinese New Year visit.

PAP founding chairman Toh Chin Chye dies

For much of independent Singapore's history, Dr Toh Chin Chye captured Singaporeans' imagination as a pugnacious fighter - one who struggled for Singapore's independence, manoeuvred against the communists and, later, criticised the People's Action Party (PAP) that he helped found.

In pictures: Remembering Toh Chin Chye, 1921 - 2012

The founding chairman of the PAP and former deputy prime minister Dr Toh Chin Chye died at his home in Hillcrest Estate on Friday.

Remembering Toh Chin Chye: 'He worked for Singapore all his life'

Modern Singapore is very different from its turbulent early days, and younger Singaporeans may not know who Dr Toh Chin Chye was.

Grassroots leaders recall Toh Chin Chye's heart for the poor

As early as 1977, Dr Toh Chin Chye came up with the idea of using the void deck of high-rise HDB flats to build an old folk's home. The Rochore Kongsi Home for the Aged was set up at Rochore Centre, a cluster of HDB homes.

Remembering Toh Chin Chye: PAP pioneers remember a fighter

They had stood shoulder to shoulder with Dr Toh Chin Chye in helping to found the People's Action Party (PAP) in 1954. On Friday, five of these PAP pioneers stood as one in describing the party's founding chairman as 'a fighter', a decisive leader and a very serious man.

Dr Toh Chin Chye's passing a deep loss for Singaporeans: PM

This is the text of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's letter of condolence to Dr Toh Chin Chye's son-in-law, Mr Johnny Ng

NUS, national flag Dr Toh Chin Chye's most notable legacies

Having muscled his way - and his party's - to famous victories at the polls, Dr Toh Chin Chye would take every ounce of the relentless fighter in him into his government roles.

Statement from Mr Lee Kuan Yew

This is the text of the statement issued by former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, which was titled, 'The passing of an old guard'

Dr Toh Chin Chye: No 'dumb cow' but a vocal critic in the House

An outspoken man who promised he would not be a 'dumb cow' when he left Cabinet, Dr Toh Chin Chye more than kept his word.

What if there had been no Toh Chin Chye?

In the beginning there was Toh Chin Chye. He was there at No. 44 Bryanston Square in London where he joined a group of fellow university students in the Malayan Forum questioning British rule and seeking independence for a united Malaya and Singapore.

Tributes

"Dr Toh always worked fiercely for what he believed in... he believed in Singapore, he worked for it all his life, always contributing, always trying to do his best for the country."

- President Tony Tan Keng Yam

"With his passing, Singapore has lost an historic figure in our fight for justice and independence."

- Mr Lee Kuan Yew

"Throughout his career, Dr Toh dedicated himself to the task of nation-building, so that as he said 'every race, every community has a share in the prosperity of Singapore'. He recognised this as the foundation of a united and cohesive nation, and commented in retirement that his greatest pleasure was that there were no more race riots."

- Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

"Without the solid foundation that Dr Toh helped to build, the PAP would not have grown in strength and be the party of choice for the majority of Singaporeans in subsequent elections"

- Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong

"I was very respectful, but he didn't pull rank, he treated me as if I was a peer, which on thinking back would have been very strange because I was still in my late 30s."

- Former foreign minister George Yeo

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