President Halimah Yacob, PM Lee Hsien Loong (wearing a white cap) and other MPs applauding the essential workers at the National Day Parade. But a log-in is still required for our PDFs. By clicking subscribe, I agree to receive news updates and promotional material from Mediacorp and Mediacorp's partners. A total of 150 people, including ministers and incoming Members of Parliament as well as representatives from the general public, watched the parade. Mediacorp Pte Ltd. All rights reserved. Share gift link below with your friends and family. INFORMATIONS COLLÈGE. COLLEGE LYCEE NOTRE DAME PROVIDENCE 7 Boulevard Sadi Carnot 95880 ENGHIEN-LES-BAINS Tel : 01 34 12 63 78 related media assets (image or videos) available. This service is not intended for persons residing in the EU. NDP 2020 will see celebrations brought closer to the people with various activities happening in the Heartlands, including 10 heartland locations setting off Fireworks! We have been experiencing some problems with subscriber log-ins and apologise for the inconvenience caused. President Halimah Yacob speaking to Dr Sewa DW from Singhealth DukeNUS Academic Medical Centre at the National Day Parade. A Chinook helicopter carried the state flag over the Padang, its first stop in a 55-minute route that includes eastern neighbourhoods like Marine Parade, Bedok and Pasir Ris. The parade kicked off a full day of festivities across the island, which will include a maritime sail-past at the Marina Barrage and Marina South Pier, as well as fireworks at 10 locations including Bishan, Punggol, Tampines and Woodlands. The size of each contingent was halved from the usual 72. While Mdm Halimah inspected the parade, 25-pounder guns on the other side of the field volleyed raucously and covered the Padang in white smoke, the first time that this has taken place at this venue. The marching contingent from the Republic of Singapore Navy at the National Day Parade. The frontline workers turned to applaud the watching crowd, which waved little Singapore flags in return. All rights reserved. You have reached your limit of subscriber-only articles this month. They stood at least 1m apart, instead of the normal 0.5m.
The gift link for this subscriber-only article has expired. The Padang, long the site of memorable National Day Parade (NDP) celebrations, played a distinctly different role this year than it did in the past. READ: Healthcare workers saluted as National Day Parade comes to the heartlands, In pictures: Singapore celebrates National Day, with a nod to COVID-19 frontliners, READ: ‘We will need this unity and resilience more than ever’ in fight against COVID-19, says PM Lee in National Day message. It looks like the email address you entered is not valid. ÉCOLE NDP. For some in the parade, like Military Expert 2 Muhammad Khairunnizam Amran, whose wife is a nurse at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, it was a personal moment. For the rest of the participants - and the nation - it was a parade to remember, a different iteration of what they have got used to seeing every year. Six F-15SG fighter jets soared in a tight delta formation over the Padang, their afterburners booming in what organisers called a “roar of unity”.

Both Ms Nair and Mr Ferdauz spoke to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong before he left the parade, stating that Mr Lee thanked them for their work. For one, it was the first time in the country's history that the 21-gun presidential salute was fired on the Padang for NDP. The 21-gun presidential salute during the National Day Parade, at the Padang, on Aug 9, 2020. M. GARCIA, Chef d'établissement coordinateur, Collège Notre-Dame Perrier. SINGAPORE - The country struck a defiant note in the face of the coronavirus as it turned 55 on Sunday (Aug 9). Click to see the gallery. Because of the greatly reduced marching contingents - just 200 members from the Singapore Armed Forces and the Singapore Police Force this year - those marching occupied less than a third of the field, leaving a wide space free. As Mdm Halimah stood on the podium for the National Anthem, the Public Warning System siren rang through the rest of Singapore, a signal for people to sing along in what organisers dubbed the “anthem moment”. More. Mr Muhammad Ferdauz Abdul Kadir, 39, who ferries COVID-19 patients in buses from hospitals to isolation facilities, said he wishes that his colleagues could be at the parade too.

NDP 2020: Masked, but not muted - parade on Padang kicks off celebrations President Halimah Yacob inspecting the Guard of Honour at the National Day Parade at the Padang, on Aug 9, 2020. meREWARDS lets you get coupon deals, and earn cashback when you complete surveys, dine, travel and shop with our partners. Scaled-down due to Covid-19 - with just 150 people watching and four marching contingents instead of 38 - it was just one of many celebratory events that the organising committee had prepared. “I don't think that is anything more rewarding than to see all of us here put our heart and passion upfront,” Ms Nair said. Among the workers were a nurse, ambulance driver and supermarket cashier. “We have a lot of people who are quietly working behind the scenes, but always never been projected up front and maybe recognised, and I think it is never going to be the same after this year because we know many out there have been keeping our country safe.”. At 10.45am, at the direction of parade commander Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas Ong, parade participants performed a special salute, holding out their weapons in silent acknowledgement of what these workers have risked. INSCRIPTIONS.

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And so it was only apt that a certain group received a salute too. Realistically, the NDP needs 45 or more seats, giving it breathing room to appoint a Speaker. LIENS. But a greater emphasis on the heartland and a more socially-distanced parade did not mean a lack of gravitas, with big guns brought in to give an extra oomph and strike the "simple but dignified" chord that the NDP organising committee had hoped for. “If only they could be here.”. Back at the Padang, the contingents marched in under the morning sun, wearing the usual smart white uniforms and matching white masks. Guests at the National Day Parade at the Padang, on Aug 9, 2020. Challenge UGSEL. President Halimah Yacob watched on as officers in the contingents thrust their rifles to the front as a mark of respect, creating a soft rattle in the largely empty field. The grandest entrance was accorded to the President. CONTACT. 07-04-2020. 198402868E. ACCUEIL. (Photo: Gaya Chandramohan) (Photo: Gaya Chandramohan) The Singapore flag … COLLÈGE NDP. L'École et le Collège Notre-Dame Perrier ainsi que l'École Sainte Thérèse, unis au sein de l'OGEC des Récollets, vous accueillent sur leur nouveau site Internet. To comply with safe distancing, the normally sizeable parade contingents were only made up of personnel from the Singapore Armed Forces and Singapore Police Force.
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