I recorded this year’s National Day Message at the Botanic Gardens. This was where my parents brought me to watch the first Aneka Ragam Rakyat, or People’s Variety Concert, on 2 August 1959. These were a series of free, open-air concerts with a multicultural theme. They were organised by the newly elected PAP government, to start us on our journey of becoming one people, one nation.
We have come a long way since then. However, the pandemic has strained fault lines in our society, and sharpened difficult issues that we need to deal with. I spoke about three: lower wage workers, foreign work pass holders, and race and religion. While not new issues, we must address them and not let them cause divisions among us.
On COVID-19, more than two thirds of residents are now fully vaccinated, putting us in a more resilient position. We can look forward to a careful re-opening of our economy, and moving into the new normal. So long as we stay united, and keep on building a more harmonious society, Singapore will continue to prosper for generations to come.
I wish all Singaporeans a very happy National Day! 🇸🇬
You can watch the Messages in other languages here:
Malay (delivered by Masagos Zulkifli) -
go.gov.sg/ndm2021-ml
Chinese (delivered by Heng Swee Keat) -
go.gov.sg/ndm2021-cl
Tamil (delivered by S Iswaran) -
go.gov.sg/ndm2021-tl
– LHL
's iswaran 在 Lee Hsien Loong Facebook 的精選貼文
My National Day Message will be broadcast tonight, starting with English at 6:45pm on CNA.
The other languages and broadcast timings will follow thereafter:
Tamil (delivered by S Iswaran) at 8:30pm on Vasantham and Oli 968
Malay (delivered by Masagos Zulkifli) at 8:30pm on Suria
Chinese (delivered by Heng Swee Keat) at 9:45pm on Channel 8 and Capital 958
All four messages will be available on the PMO website (www.pmo.gov.sg) and the PMO YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/pmosingapore) after the first broadcasts.
Do tune in!
– LHL
(Can you #guesswhere this year’s National Day Message was recorded? 😉 / Photo by me)
's iswaran 在 Lee Hsien Loong Facebook 的最佳解答
நீங்கள் தடுப்பூசி போட்டுக்கொண்டுவிட்டீர்களா? உங்களுக்கு இன்னும் கேள்விகள் இருந்தால், தயவுசெய்து அமைச்சர் S Iswaran கூறுவதைக் கேளுங்கள். உங்களையும் உங்கள் அன்புக்குரியவர்களையும் பாதுகாத்திட தடுப்பூசி போட்டுக்கொள்ளுங்கள் - லீ சியன் லூங்
Gov.sg has produced videos in Malay, Chinese, Tamil, Hokkien, Teochew and Cantonese to explain how vaccines can protect us, and stop us from getting very ill and needing ICU care even if infected. You can watch them in the playlist here: https://go.gov.sg/t7vy9o
– LHL
#IGotMyShotSG