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How Much Does PAP Spend on National Day Celebrations Every Year?
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Just NDP alone in 2016 is already 40m. Not counting other related costs.
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How Much Does The National Day Parade Cost The Singapore Taxpayer?
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The annual National Day Parade (NDP) is the biggest event in Singapore’s calendar. Encompassing more than just a half-day event on August 9, the NDP experience for Singaporeans spans multiple weekends, with preview and National Education shows commencing as early as a month before August.
On average, some 10,000 personnel from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and Home Team are involved in each NDP, with thousands more volunteers from the private sector, schools and other organisations. Together with the hundreds of thousands of spectators attending all of the NDP show sessions and watching on TV (and more recently, online), the NDP is truly a unique, shared Singaporean experience.
Holding an event of such a scale surely isn’t cheap. But exactly how expensive the National Day Parade is each year isn’t something that the government seems keen to disclose.
Thanks to questions raised in parliament, Singaporeans have a glimpse of how much NDP costs you, the taxpayer. Based on a written reply by Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen and another reply, this is what we know:
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There are many ways to interpret this information.
For one, you could say that the cost of NDP has gone up more than 700% since 2002.
Or you could say that it cost more to hold NDP 2016 and 2015 alone, than it did to hold NDP from 2008 to 2011 or NDP from 2002 to 2009.
But before you instinctively begin to write angry comments, remember this: the cost to hold NDP over 12 years (including the “expensive” SG50 NDP of 2015) added up is still cheaper than what Singapore spent to hold one Youth Olympics Games ($387 million).
With that in mind, it is hard to dispute that NDP gives tremendous value to Singapore.
In addition to providing a shared Singapore experience as mentioned above, it is also a great opportunity for the SAF, Home Team and dozens of other government agencies to plan and execute a complex operation together. There is the closure of roads, coordination of land, sea and air units, provision of food and water to thousands of working personnel and young students. In a sense, each NDP is also a validation of Singapore’s ability to get things done well and more importantly, on time.
So, regardless of how you catch the NDP festivities on August 9 – on site at the floating platform or other sites around the Marina Bay Area, or on television, or through photos published on various media platforms, may you take comfort in knowing that it is money well spent!
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How Much Does The National Day Parade Cost The Singapore Taxpayer?
dollarsandsense.sg
On average, some 10,000 personnel from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and Home Team are involved in each NDP, with thousands more volunteers from the private sector, schools and other organisations. Together with the hundreds of thousands of spectators attending all of the NDP show sessions and watching on TV (and more recently, online), the NDP is truly a unique, shared Singaporean experience.
Holding an event of such a scale surely isn’t cheap. But exactly how expensive the National Day Parade is each year isn’t something that the government seems keen to disclose.
Thanks to questions raised in parliament, Singaporeans have a glimpse of how much NDP costs you, the taxpayer. Based on a written reply by Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen and another reply, this is what we know:
There are many ways to interpret this information.
For one, you could say that the cost of NDP has gone up more than 700% since 2002.
Or you could say that it cost more to hold NDP 2016 and 2015 alone, than it did to hold NDP from 2008 to 2011 or NDP from 2002 to 2009.
But before you instinctively begin to write angry comments, remember this: the cost to hold NDP over 12 years (including the “expensive” SG50 NDP of 2015) added up is still cheaper than what Singapore spent to hold one Youth Olympics Games ($387 million).
With that in mind, it is hard to dispute that NDP gives tremendous value to Singapore.
In addition to providing a shared Singapore experience as mentioned above, it is also a great opportunity for the SAF, Home Team and dozens of other government agencies to plan and execute a complex operation together. There is the closure of roads, coordination of land, sea and air units, provision of food and water to thousands of working personnel and young students. In a sense, each NDP is also a validation of Singapore’s ability to get things done well and more importantly, on time.
So, regardless of how you catch the NDP festivities on August 9 – on site at the floating platform or other sites around the Marina Bay Area, or on television, or through photos published on various media platforms, may you take comfort in knowing that it is money well spent!
Read Also: 5 Initiatives From Budget 2015 & 2016 That Are Still Impacting Our Lives Today
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You should ask , How much 'guang xi' have been achieved for future business have been generated by the borlumpas organisations had been generated. What is net profit after deducting costs? National Slavery services are free, PA 'volunteers' are free...& so many subsidiaries are working or contributing free services etc..
Ask, How much do they make, each year? not how much they spend.
KNN this is the main showtime for halimau so any amount she will let go KNN make sure the 稀针房 and 稀线房 do a good job is her concern KNN
And I am sure every Ministry has a NDP expense account from Ministry of Education, etc etc.No problem. We can afford it.
Maybe end of the day, it could reach 100m. Singapore is indeed a very rich small little country. Trump is right! We are a developed country
And the best part, sinkees go holiday overseas for NDP long weekend. Lol
Just a waste of tax payers $$$$ and time, the only ones that benefit such events are those suppliers with grass looters connections.
Oh yes, not forgetting the huge PA glasslooters budget for such events throughout Sinkieland, from flags, mini celebration events, etc etc
$69m will be great. otherwise how can porlumpar crony caterer provide 69k boxes of economy bee hoon and 6.9k packets of halal nasi lemak at 69% overall margin to make hisher revenue and earnings numbers for the entire year? and contribute to gdp too?
How much is the military budget?
Don't forget the manpower too: all those army boys burning their weekends for rehearsals and bah long long at the nearby Funan, Raffles City and Suntec.
KNN military items bought already sure must find a way to use it KNN else buy for what KNN and the army boys all bah long long proudly with their lumber 1 hoping to get a quick exchange of phone numbers with chiobu KNN it happened KNNHow much is the military budget?
Don't forget the manpower too: all those army boys burning their weekends for rehearsals and bah long long at the nearby Funan, Raffles City and Suntec.
.And the best part, sinkees go holiday overseas for NDP long weekend. Lol
Tsibuys.
Me collecting cardboards, etc horr.!!!!
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just curious, those Figures published do they exclude those millions of dollars poured in by PLP and BBMs Sponsors ??? whether in Kind or in Dollars.
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my take is - if including outside private and or TLC companies - - easy more than s$100m for each NDP Parade.
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This is a must-read around NDP season every year.
http://www.nzasia.org.nz/downloads/NZJAS-Dec01/Leong.pdf
http://www.nzasia.org.nz/downloads/NZJAS-Dec01/Leong.pdf
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