Singapore marks National Day in style with first full parade since pandemic

About 2,000 participants from 37 virtual and physical marching contingents lined up for this year’s parade and ceremony segment. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): About 25,000 people gathered at the Marina Bay floating platform to mark Singapore's 57th birthday on Tuesday (Aug 9), in a show that recognised the hardships inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic and celebrated a return to relative normalcy.

A human sea of red and white sat elbow to elbow, joining in the Kallang Wave and soaking in the rat-a-tat of rifle salutes at the first ticketed National Day Parade in three years.