SINGAPORE (Mar 28): Singapore this morning reopened a queue for those seeking to pay their respects to Lee Kuan Yew on the final day of public mourning, after turning people away overnight because waiting times had exceeded 10 hours.

Almost 300,000 people over three days had paid respects to the city-state’s founding prime minister as of 11 p.m. Friday, when a “sharp increase” in visitors raised safety concerns, especially for children and the elderly, the government . The line was reopened at 6:15 a.m.

World leaders including Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are set to attend Sunday’s state funeral, capping a week of mourning after Lee died March 23 at 91. A half-marathon was postponed, lights were turned off at some buildings and nightly laser-light shows were put on hold all week, while the city’s two casinos will close for four hours during the funeral service.

“Mr. Lee’s vision and tenacity rallied and energized a nation to overcome seemingly unsurmountable odds,” Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said in Parliament on Thursday. “He coaxed, pushed Singaporeans to do what was difficult, but ultimately right and good for their long-term interests.”

Other dignitaries scheduled to attend the funeral include Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Australia’s Tony Abbott, South Korean President Park Geun Hye and former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Government and business leaders from Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah to Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing visited the city earlier in the week to pay their respects at a private wake at the Istana presidential palace.

Chief Mourner

Lee’s flag-draped coffin was carried on a gun carriage from the presidential palace to Parliament House on Wednesday following the two-day private wake. As prime minister from 1959 to 1990, Lee helped turned Singapore into Southeast Asia’s richest nation by opening it to foreign investors while running a tightly controlled state that emphasized incorruptibility and stability. He stepped down from the cabinet in 2011.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Lee’s eldest son, was Chief Mourner in a week of tributes to his father that included a 70-meter (230-foot) procession on foot by his extended family. Sunday’s procession will cover a 15.4-kilometer (9.6-mile) distance through the city’s financial district, Lee’s constituency and other neighborhoods before reaching the University Cultural Centre in southwestern Singapore for the service.

The government increased access to Lee’s body in Parliament House to 24 hours starting Wednesday morning until 8 p.m. Saturday after mourners formed a line more than a mile (1.6 kilometers) long through the financial district.