Nation’s leaders mourn Lee’s passingFAREWELL, SKIPPER: Lee Teng-hui was like the old captain of a democratic ship called ‘Taiwan,’ and his aspirations for that ship will never die, Chen Shui-bian saidBy Sean Lin and Lee Hsin-fang / Staff reportersGovernment agencies across the nation yesterday flew the national flag at half-mast to mourn the passing of former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝), who died on Thursday aged 97. The arrangements for the memorial were decided at an intergovernmental meeting attended by Lee’s two daughters earlier yesterday, Huang said. A man yesterday kneels outside Taipei Veterans General Hospital’s Huai-en Hall to pay his respects to former president Lee Teng-hui, who died on Thursday. Lee’s family said that people were welcome to visit and mourn the former president, but asked that they not lay wreaths or baskets, he said. The national flag yesterday flies at half-mast at the Presidential Office Building in Taipei to mourn the passing of former president Lee Teng-hui.

Source: Taipei Times July 31, 2020 15:56 UTC