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.
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