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ANZAC Day Road Closures
Notice is given that the following sections of roads will be closed on Sunday 25 April 2021 to facilitate the ANZAC Day March and War Memorial Service.
Details:
10.15am-12.15pm Bridge Street East and West from Carrier Street to Arundel Street
Detours will be in place for the duration of the course.
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THE sense of solidarity and collective responsibility that the pioneer generation embodied during the Japanese Occupation serves as a guide to how Singapore should deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, Education Minister Lawrence Wong said on the anniversary of the fall of Singapore.
Drawing parallels between the pandemic and World War II, he said yesterday that the pandemic could be a defining moment in Singapore’s history, where Singaporeans were tested but overcame the “toughest of circumstances” with resilience.
The country’s pioneers, who endured the hardships of war, were a generation who got things done, served with honour and helped build Singapore, said Wong, who also co-chairs the multi-ministry task force tackling the pandemic.
SINGAPORE - World War II veterans, families of those who died during the Japanese occupation of Singapore and religious leaders on Monday (Feb 15) attended a scaled-down memorial ceremony, as a free electronic book was launched to detail the sacrifices of those during the tumultuous years.
At the War Memorial Park in Beach Road, about 50 attendees split into two zones observed a minute of silence and laid wreaths in a small ceremony that in previous years saw up to 1,000 participants.
Monday marked the 79th anniversary of the British surrender to the Japanese in 1942 and was also Total Defence Day.
The event was the 54th commemoration service since 1967, when the memorial was unveiled by founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.