National Day Parade 2014 Live: Celebrate Singapore’s Independence

Happy Independence Day 2014 Singapore! The National Day Parade 2014, also known as NDP 2014, is a national parade and ceremony that will be held on 9 August 2014 in in commemoration of Singapore’s 49th year of independence. It will also be held for the final time at the The Float at Marina Bay after 7 years since 2007 before heading back to the New Singapore National Stadium in 2016.

The National Day Parade 2014 is divided into 3 segments: Pre-parade, Parade and ceremony, and Show. It will revolve around the theme of “Our People, Our Home”.

The parade and ceremony segment will feature the 21-gun salute and feu de joie, which are traditional ceremonial events at National Day Parades. This edition of the parade will also feature the largest number of non-uniformed contingents in any National Day Parade since 2000. This parade also features a segment entitled “Heartbeats” that recognizes Singaporeans who have contributed significantly to Singapore’s nation-building process. Since 2014 marks the 30th year of Total Defense in Singapore this event will celebrate that as well with a display of the latest vehicles of Singapore’s uniformed services. LTC Wong Pui Pin and MWO Low Soon Pan serve as the parade commander and the parade regimental sergeant major, respectively, and for the first time this year, a military tattoo performance by the combined bands and the Silent Precision Drill Squad of the Singapore Armed Forces Military Police Command kicks off this segment.

The Show segment will be directed by Singaporean composer Dick Lee and it focuses on presenting daily challenges and opportunities of ordinary Singaporeans.

As a national event, the parade will be broadcast ‘Live’ from 5.40pm to 8.15pm SST on all MediaCorp channels, except for Channel NewsAsia (Singapore). The English commentary, National Day Parade 2014, is found at Channels 5, okto and Channel NewsAsia (International). The Mandarin commentary is found at Channels 8 and U. The Malay commentary, Perbarisan Hari Kebangsaan 2014, is found at Suria. The Tamil commentary, Dhaesiya Dhina Anivaguppu 2014, is found at Vasantham.