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An article titled "Singapore's National Day Rally Speech: A Site of Ideological Negotiation" analyses the inaugural National Day Rally speeches of three Singapore prime ministers. It locates these speeches in the continuous ideological work that the PAP government has to do to maintain consensus and forge new alliances among classes and social ...
National Day, [a] sometimes known internationally as Singapore Independence Day, [b] is a major public holiday in Singapore which commemorates an independent and sovereign Republic of Singapore. Held on 9 August since 1965 , this holiday features the National Day Parade (NDP), a National Day Message by the Prime Minister of Singapore and ...
The corner was opened on 1 September 2000 by the Singapore Government as a venue for free speech area where speaking events could be held without the need to apply for a licence under the Public Entertainments Act (Cap. 257, 1985 Rev. Ed.), now the Public Entertainments and Meetings Act (Cap. 257, 2001 Rev. Ed.) (PEMA).
He was a finalist for the 2017 Singapore Youth Award of the National Youth Council. [12] In August 2018, he was one of ten Singaporeans mentioned in Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's National Day Rally speech. [4] [13] Wong became chief conductor of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, his first full-time orchestral conducting post, in September 2018.
Singapore's increasingly public gay community unites in the name of pride. By SATISH CHENEY SINGAPORE (AP) - Thousands of gay rights activists gathered in downtown Singapore on Saturday for an ...
Singapore National Day rally; Solemn Opening of the Parliament of Spain; Special address by the British monarch; Speech to the Troops at Tilbury; State of the Nation (Ghana) State of the Nation (Luxembourg) State of the Nation Address (Philippines) State of the Nation Address (Belarus) State of the Union; State Opening of Parliament
Look at that map. All the green [area] is Indonesia. And that red dot is Singapore. Look at that." [1] The remark was seen as a dismissal of Singapore, having referred to the country in a disparaging manner. [2] Then-Prime Minister of Singapore Goh Chok Tong responded in his National Day Rally Speech on 23 August 1998.
On 15 August 2011, following the National Day Rally speech by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Tan said that one point he found particularly interesting in Lee's address was whether Singapore would remain pragmatic in its policy making, or if it would turn populist. He added that the temptation to make populist decisions was affecting the ...