National Day Parade, 2005

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Logo of NDP 2005
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Logo of NDP 2005

The National Day Parade, 2005 (NDP) was a national ceremony in Singapore on August 9, 2005 to commemorate Singapore's 40 years of independence.

In addition to the military-style parade, other celebrative events, such as the Mobile Column, fireworks and community carnivals were also organised during the period.

The theme for NDP 2005 was "40 Years of Nation Building".

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[edit] Venue

An aerial view of Singapore city centre, showing the Padang on the right.
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An aerial view of Singapore city centre, showing the Padang on the right.
Joi Chua and Wendi Koh.
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Joi Chua and Wendi Koh.
Taufik Batisah and Rui En showing the steps of "Dance No. 40".
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Taufik Batisah and Rui En showing the steps of "Dance No. 40".

The main parade was held in Padang, the same place where the first National Day Parade was held in 1966.

[edit] Pre-parade Segment

Before the main parade, there was a hour long entertainment at the Padang including performances from the combined schools choir and the combined schools band. Other events included a mass precision drill and a skydiving display by the "Red Lions" team from the SAF.

Three NDP community songs were designated for the pre-parade segment entertainment

  • We Can
  • Sing Our Wishes
  • Uniquely You

The music composer and director was Elaine Chan.

[edit] Emcees

Six local celebrities were assigned as emcees:

[edit] Motivators

In addition, 300 students from Institute of Technical Education served as "NDP 2005 Motivators" as they interacted with the audiences and performed a special dance called the "Dance Number 40".

[edit] Combined schools choir

Thwas was a 400 strong choir comprwased students from 15 different schools.

The choreographer was Andrew Ng.

[edit] Combined schools band

The 256 strong combined schools band comprised students from 4 different schools.

The choreographer was Lawrence Siao.

[edit] Mass Precision Drill

Singapore Armed Forces Provost Unit performing precision drill (NDP 2003).
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Singapore Armed Forces Provost Unit performing precision drill (NDP 2003).

The Mass Precision Drill comprised members from

The precision drill display included participation by female NCC Cadets. The choreographer and trainer for the performance was 2WO Rosman Bin Atan.

[edit] Parade

The parade was military-styled, diplaying precision and discipline.

[edit] Parade Sequence

  1. Fifes and drums
  2. Parade march-in
  3. Arrival of the President
  4. National anthem, fly-past of state flag
  5. Presidential inspection and presidential 21-gun salute
  6. Feu de joie (Fire of Joy)
  7. Guards-of-honour march-past
  8. Parade finale transformation

[edit] Guard of Honour

Guard of Honour contingents from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and the Singapore Police Force; behind them were the SAF Colours and escorts (NDP 2003).
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Guard of Honour contingents from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and the Singapore Police Force; behind them were the SAF Colours and escorts (NDP 2003).

The Guard of Honour comprised four contingents:

  1. Singapore Army, represented by 1st Commando Battalion
  2. Republic of Singapore Navy, represented by Naval Diving Unit
  3. Republic of Singapore Air Force, represented by Combined Field Squadron
  4. Singapore Police Force, represented by Singapore Police Training Command

[edit] Supporting contingents

  1. Singapore Army - Singapore Guards
  2. Republic of Singapore Navy - HQ Fleet, NALCOM, COSCOM and TRACOM
  3. Republic of Singapore Air Force - Paya Lebar Air Base, Sembawang Air base, Tengah Air Base
  4. Singapore Civil Defence Force
  5. Singapore Police Force - Key Installation Unit
  6. People's Action Party
  7. National Trade Union Congress
  8. Ministry of Health
  9. Modern Montessori International
  10. National Cadet Corps
  11. National Police Cadet Corps
  12. Singapore Scout Association
  13. Girl Guides Singapore
  14. The Boys Brigade of Singapore
  15. The Girls Brigade of Singapore
  16. St John Ambulance Brigade
  17. Singapore Red Cross Society

[edit] Aerial Display

The parade featured aerial display involving a total of 44 RSAF aircraft, of 8 different aircraft types including the refueling tanker KC-135 Stratotanker which was making its maiden appearance at NDP. The F-16 Fighting Falcons led the aerial display, and at one time flied very low at 500 metres above ground, at about half the speed of sound. [1]

The aerial display was divided into 3 flypast windows:

  1. State flag flypast
  2. Bomb-burst during the Presidential salute
  3. Final flypast

[edit] Final flypast

The final flypast involved 3 CH-47 Super D Chinooks and 2 AS332 Super Puma helicopters followed by a C-130 Hercules,a Fokker F50 and a Grumman E-2C Hawkeye and behind it was a KC-135R escorted by 4 F-5S/T Tiger II and the last few planes was 5 F-16D Block 52+ Fighting Falcons from 145 squadron performing stunts.

[edit] Mobile column

The Mobile Column was a featured event in National Day Parade, 2005

The Mobile Column was the parade of vehicles and other hardwares from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Singapore Police Force and Singapore Civil Defence Force.

The first Mobile Column was organised in 1969 which displayed the then newly acquired armour vehicles of the SAF. In 1990, after an absence of 20 years, the Mobile Column made a come back as Singapore celebrated its 25th years of independence. Since then, it has been a special feature during National Day Parade for every 5 years.

[edit] Show segment

Act 1 - The Beginning

Participants from

Act 2 - 40 Years of Nation Building

Participants from

Act 3 - Soaring to Greater Heights

Participants from

Grand Finale - The Future is Ours To Make

[edit] Community celebration

Besides the national events, local celebration events (named as Celebration@Heartlands) were also being organized in major residential regions throughout the country, including Tampines, Yishun and Jurong East. There was also a 9-day carnival at Marina South (named as Carnival@Marina) featuring fun-fair, concerts and fireworks.

[edit] Floats

The events included a parade of 12 floats with decorations reflecting the history of Singapore, including themes related to Sang Nila Utama, Sir Stamford Raffles and Samsui woman.

[edit] Songs

NDP song, "Reach Out For The Skies", was performed by Singapore Idol Taufik Batisah and Rui En.
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NDP song, "Reach Out For The Skies", was performed by Singapore Idol Taufik Batisah and Rui En.
The Red Lions performing free fall.
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The Red Lions performing free fall.
  1. Paduuvoom Vaaruungal
  2. Geylang Sipaku Geylang
  3. Chan Mali Chan
  4. Di Tanjong Katong
  5. Jia, 家 (Home)
  6. One United People
  7. One People, One Nation, One Singapore
  8. Home
  9. We are Singapore
  10. We Can
  11. Sing Our Wishes
  12. Dance No 40 (Dance Version)
  13. Uniquely You
  14. Reach Out For The Skies (English)
  15. Reach Out For The Skies (Chinese) 勇敢向前飞

Media files of these songs are available at the NDP website.

[edit] Other celebrations

  • Channel NewsAsia organised a video contest called "The Singapore, I Want". [2]
  • A special collection of minted stamps, named "Proudly Singapore" was issued to commemorate the history of Singapore. [3]
  • There was a National Day Relay with over 600 runners. The relay started from the three heartland locations, Tampines, Jurong East and Yishun and there was 8 to 10 change-over points with each relay leg covering a distance of 2-3km. The runners, carrying flags representing various participating organisations, will make their entry into the Padang as part of the pre-Parade segment. [4]
  • 110,000 NPD funpacks was given out to spectators and participants at the NDP, previews, and heartland venues. Each funpack contains a commemorative CD, tambourine, whistle, flags, tourch-light and NDP stickers. [5]

[edit] See also

Singapore in 2005 edit
Events
Others

[edit] External links

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