Regardless of heavy rain, thousands are lining the roads to view the burial service parade conveying Mr Lee's box from parliament, where it has been lying in state, over the city.
Taking after a state burial service went to by world pioneers, his body will be cremated in a private family function.
More than half a million people - 12% of Singaporean citizens - visited Parliament House to see Mr Lee's coffin, while at least 850,000 others went to community sites to pay tribute.
The burial service parade started on Sunday at 12:30 (04:30 GMT) as Mr Lee's body was taken from Parliament House on a firearm carriage.
A 21-firearm salute sounded, reverberating over the city, as the parade proceeded onward into the business area and Tanjong Pagar, the docklands electorate Mr Lee spoke to for his entire political life.
Military planes flew overhead while two Singaporean naval force vessels directed a sail-past of the Marina Bay torrent - the gigantic water preservation undertaking led by Mr Lee.
Regardless of the pouring precipitation, swarms lined the course. They have been holding up noiselessly however ejecting in cheers and yelling Mr Lee's name as the parade cruises by.
The memorial service is required to start at 14:00 at a social focus in the west, with outside pioneers including previous 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 pioneer William Hague going to.
The nation will likewise watch a minute's hush toward the evening before singing the national song of praise. The private cremation is occurring at the Mandai crematorium.
A large portion of the city-state's shopping and business focuses are relied upon to be shut on Sunday as a characteristic of admiration to Mr Lee
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At the scene: Jonathan Head, BBC South East Asia journalist
Individuals are beginning to assemble at Tanjong Pagar, the electorate where Lee Kuan Yew was MP for a long time, until instantly before his demise. Expansive TV screens have been set up along the edges of a territory where bunches of blooms have been laid by neighborhood individuals and organizations.
The screens, in the same way as every other media outlet, are replaying again and again discourses and highlights of Mr Lee's long vocation, and tributes to him, as well as his family, some of whom involve senior government positions.
This constant reputation has the vibe now of a managed purposeful publicity drive to guarantee Singaporeans recall Mr Lee's exceptional commitment to the country - now and again it verges on an identity clique.
Anyhow the feeling of misfortune numerous Singaporeans feel is real and ardent. This is a firmly choreographed burial service, with an immense hierarchical exertion obvious even in this area to guarantee the occasion goes off easily, and that however much of the city-state's populace as could be expected can witness it.
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