KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — The late Tan Sri SM Salim will be laid to rest at the Muslim Cemetery in Jalan Ampang here after Friday prayers tomorrow, according to his grandniece Elyna Ali.

The funeral prayers will be held at the Kampung Baru Jamek Mosque here at 10.30am, she said to reporters at SM Salim’s residence here.

SM Salim, whose real name is Sheikh Salim Sheikh Muhammad Al Mahros, died at 5.45pm at his residence at Ukay Perdana here. He was 88.

He began his career as a singer in the 1950s and was a passionate advocate of Malay classical songs. — Bernama