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</TD></TR><TR><TD><!-- headline one : end --></TD></TR><TR><TD>S'pore deserves a good and meaningful birthday bash despite recession: Organiser </TD></TR><TR><TD><!-- Author --></TD></TR><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Jermyn Chow
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->SINGAPORE may be going through its deepest recession yet, but its birthday bash will be no 'cheap show'.
<IMG id=thumb_img_10 class=media title="" alt='beggar3.jpg Growing old without any dignity in Singapore.
An old lady begging for a living
\"There are no beggars in Singapore.\" -- MM Lee Kuan Yew image by vnc2005' src="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/vnc2005/Beggars_and_Peddlers/th_beggar3.jpg"> <IMG id=thumb_img_11 class=media title="" alt="amp_beg1.jpg US$100bil in SG\'s state reserves and we have yet another crippled old man begging for spare change..
\"There are no beggars in Singapore.\" -- MM Lee Kuan Yew image by vnc2005" src="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/vnc2005/Beggars_and_Peddlers/th_amp_beg1.jpg">
To reporters during a media briefing at the floating platform at Marina Bay, Brigadier-General Tan Chuan-Jin, chairman of this year's organising committee, said costs would be managed, but that 'the bells and whistles will still be there'.
The 44th National Day Parade will be orchestrated by his team - the army's Third Division - to the theme of 'Come Together (for FTrash?), Reaching Out (to FTrash?), Reaching Up (for Papayas?)'.
They are managing costs by recycling some props and even trimming the size of the stage.
He said: 'Singapore (=Familee) deserves to have a good and meaningful National Day celebration and should not stop because of the economic crisis.'
They are also trying to engage Singapore's different and diverse communities online to generate hype leading up to the Marina Bay celebrations on Aug 9, by using new media such as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube.
Facebook group, NDPeeps, created by the organisers on April 7, has more than 3,400 members. And the official NDP website, www.ndp.org.sg, launched yesterday, will contain microsites and online forums to get people to post their views.
Organisers are hoping to solicit views and reflections about National Day, in line with this year's parade theme.
'Every voice matters and we are going out in a big way to get everyone to play their part to make the celebrations meaningful,' said BG Tan.
His goal is to get Singaporeans to remember how far (?) the nation (?) has come since its independence (?) in 1965.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
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<TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>metalslug84 <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>Apr-29 11:59 pm </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 6) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>12513.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>Not again...-_-
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_370577.html
<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD>Bells and whistles at NDP <!--10 min-->
</TD></TR><TR><TD><!-- headline one : end --></TD></TR><TR><TD>S'pore deserves a good and meaningful birthday bash despite recession: Organiser </TD></TR><TR><TD><!-- Author --></TD></TR><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Jermyn Chow
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->SINGAPORE may be going through its deepest recession yet, but its birthday bash will be no 'cheap show'.
An old lady begging for a living
\"There are no beggars in Singapore.\" -- MM Lee Kuan Yew image by vnc2005' src="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/vnc2005/Beggars_and_Peddlers/th_beggar3.jpg"> <IMG id=thumb_img_11 class=media title="" alt="amp_beg1.jpg US$100bil in SG\'s state reserves and we have yet another crippled old man begging for spare change..
\"There are no beggars in Singapore.\" -- MM Lee Kuan Yew image by vnc2005" src="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/vnc2005/Beggars_and_Peddlers/th_amp_beg1.jpg">
To reporters during a media briefing at the floating platform at Marina Bay, Brigadier-General Tan Chuan-Jin, chairman of this year's organising committee, said costs would be managed, but that 'the bells and whistles will still be there'.
The 44th National Day Parade will be orchestrated by his team - the army's Third Division - to the theme of 'Come Together (for FTrash?), Reaching Out (to FTrash?), Reaching Up (for Papayas?)'.
They are managing costs by recycling some props and even trimming the size of the stage.
He said: 'Singapore (=Familee) deserves to have a good and meaningful National Day celebration and should not stop because of the economic crisis.'
They are also trying to engage Singapore's different and diverse communities online to generate hype leading up to the Marina Bay celebrations on Aug 9, by using new media such as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube.
Facebook group, NDPeeps, created by the organisers on April 7, has more than 3,400 members. And the official NDP website, www.ndp.org.sg, launched yesterday, will contain microsites and online forums to get people to post their views.
Organisers are hoping to solicit views and reflections about National Day, in line with this year's parade theme.
'Every voice matters and we are going out in a big way to get everyone to play their part to make the celebrations meaningful,' said BG Tan.
His goal is to get Singaporeans to remember how far (?) the nation (?) has come since its independence (?) in 1965.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
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FARK U, PAPPEE! WHERE'S YOUR SENSE OF BALANCE & PRIORITY?
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