Will you stay in sg to celebrate ndp SG50 this year?
-
Halimah urges sgporeans to stay in Sg to celebrate ndp this year
http://www.tremeritus.com/2015/03/16/halimah-urges-sgs-to-stay-in-sg-to-celebrate-n-day/
Please refer to the link for reading. Only noticed the blank in black after copy and paste.
Speaker of Parliament and Jurong GRC MP Halimah Yacob has urged Singaporeans to stay home over the long National Day weekend from August 7-10.
She hopes Singaporeans would take the time to celebrate together.
Madam Halimah said, “My appeal to Singaporeans is to please stay in Singapore during the long weekend. I understand that Singaporeans take the opportunity during periods of long weekends to chill out with their families overseas.”
“On other occasions, that’s all right but on this occasion I hope that they will stay in Singapore and really celebrate together as a nation. It will be very sad if a quarter of Singapore goes overseas to celebrate,” she added.
She also hopes that the travel industry will support her call.
“I know the travel business will be affected but I hope they will understand and see the reason why we are making this call. In Singapore, the government does not declare public holidays willingly, it is really something that they thought about carefully,” she said.
“It is important that everybody come together and celebrate in their own way together with family, friends and neighbours and then really we have that real meaning of being part of a nation.”
On Saturday (14 Mar), President Tony Tan declared that Singapore will have an additional holiday on 7 Aug (Friday), as part of SG50 “birthday celebrations”.
With Monday already a holiday since National Day (9 Aug) falls on Sunday this year, Singapore will have a 4-day “Jubilee Weekend” from 7 to 10 August (Fri to Mon).
President Tan also hopes that Singaporeans will take part in the many activities in Singapore, lined up by the government during the long “Jubilee Weekend”.
In a Facebook posting, Education Minister Heng Swee Kiat likewise, tried to persuade Singaporeans to participate in the long-weekend activities in Singapore. He said that public attractions and facilities will have “special concessions” during the period.
However, quite a number of netizens are already planning to take advantage of the long weekend to go for a short holiday outside Singapore:
Rykel Lim: Time for many people to plan their SG50 Jubilee holiday celebration… Overseas!
Gabriel Goh: Well, I guess a lot of Singaporeans will be celebrating SG50! Overseas!!!
Over at MyCarForum [Link], some commented:
RadX: All booking their tickets to go away now I’m sure
WTF: I’m one of them……….
Lala81: Siao liao lah. airport and causeway jam +++ liao. Forget abt SG50, holiday more important.
Wt_know: long weekend. sporean will either take the 1st flight out or tuas/ jb custom jam 3-4 hrs. huat ah for msia.
Etnt: already booked a trip over that period a few days back, heng heng now use 1 day leave less. Then went to check airline website again, wah, all the cheap promo tix now gone, price up by 1 to 2 tiers. All fast hands and fingers after announcement.
Mdm Halimah has said she hopes the travel industry will support her call, presumably, not to offer too many tour packages enticing Singaporeans to leave the country during the “Jubilee Weekend”.
If too many Singaporeans are planning to leave, would the Govt start to ban travel agencies from selling overseas tour packages to Singaporeans during that period?
What do you think?
-
Oops! I have not been celebrating national day for donkey ages. This year will be no exception.
-
Of course!
-
Definitely! How many 50 years can we have?
-
Stay at home celebrate and play best.
-
haben decided......
will think abt it when it's nearer
-
Unlikely to stay. Going overseas enjoy better:)
-
I will stay if I can get tickets for the NDP. Let me know if you have extra to GIVE away.
I cannot buy from you but can "compensate" you for your transport cost.
-
Originally posted by SJS6638:
Oops! I have not been celebrating national day for donkey ages. This year will be no exception.
Same here. just another public holiday for me, can take MC or AL to extend long wkend too. what's more this year SG50 super good, 4-day long wkend, can extend until 1 week by MC or AL.
ndp watched until sian, always the same every year, havne't watch since 2001. Rather they stop ndp, save the money to give bigger GST angbao. Me is one of those "lucky" ones whom no need pay income tax, salary below their ceiling.
I also dun own car, also don't need to pay road tax, COE, wheel tax, whatever car tax. -
Originally posted by digimonfan2008:
Same here. just another public holiday for me, can take MC or AL to extend long wkend too. what's more this year SG50 super good, 4-day long wkend, can extend until 1 week by MC or AL.
ndp watched until sian, always the same every year, havne't watch since 2001. Rather they stop ndp, save the money to give bigger GST angbao. Me is one of those "lucky" ones whom no need pay income tax, salary below their ceiling.
I also dun own car, also don't need to pay road
tax, COE, wheel tax, whatever car tax.What is there to celebrate ...... celebrate bringing in of multitude of foreigners to affect our rice bowl?
-
Originally posted by SJS6638:
What is there to celebrate ...... celebrate bringing in of multitude of foreigners to affect our rice bowl?
I sleep during npd air on TV. Or watch youtube.
-
I go out or watch cable
-
maybe
-
most probably yes..
-
yes
-
of course not. better fly overseas for vacations
-
YES!
-
Why not? Go overseas need spend money lol
-
yes i will hahaha
-
gdfdfdfdfdfdff
-
Surely will!
-
Where got mood celebrate .... the country is going more and more downhill.
People, expect more nurses and accountants from India. Singapore is now Indiapore.
-
S'POREANS RUSH TO ESCAPE S'PORE DESPITE MINISTER'S COUNTLESS PLEAS TO STAY FOR SG50
- See more at: http://www.allsingaporestuff.com/article/sporeans-rush-escape-spore-despite-ministers-countless-pleas-stay-sg50#sthash.ORCCz85H.dpuf
Dear ASS,
Check out the traffic cameras for the causeways. Despite all the talk from our Ministers urging Singaporeans to stay in SG to celebrate SG50 during this super long weekend, the causeways are jammed packed.
Nobody seems to give a two hoots about what our Ministers request us to do. As a learned kaki says, "Ministers don't listen to the people. People don't listen to ministers. Its all fair."
Do you feel the same way too? Or are Singaporeans just too practical to pay heed to the elaborate celebrations for SG50?
Tim Goh
A.S.S. Contributor- See more at: http://www.allsingaporestuff.com/article/sporeans-rush-escape-spore-despite-ministers-countless-pleas-stay-sg50#sthash.ORCCz85H.dpuf
-
Too busy, no time celebrate. Nothing special.
-
