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What is the main message  of the each year's National Day Songs and Videos?

What are some symbols, images, people, scenes that appear in National Day songs and Videos?

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I see that there are a lot of teamwork(swimming team?)
hence it comments on the stronger together theme
A lot of lights
Trees ?
People coming together
We are tough and will persevere through

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- polaroids
- overcome difficulties together
- build playground together, dance together, survive NS together
- ns man help old lady (help e/o)
- united

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fire
connections
night time- everyone gather around to dance around a tree
pottery collection
helping hand
ns
multiracial

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- the lyrics “leave no man behind” and “one for all all for one”, phrases usually used during NS specifically when the scenes about national service played
- “phoenix from the flames” while showing a scene from a hospital > how singapore overcame covid 19

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I see people laughing and having fun they are all in harmony, I also see the Singapore flag and the different attractions in Singapore. I also see people working together to achieve their goals(building playground)

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memories
trees
people
groups of people doing stuff together
helping each other
build playground together
zuowen cliche
feet
propaganda
accomplishing things together/with each others help
teamwork

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Family bonding together, volunteers helping to build a playground for the public, NS men help old lady(closing generation gap), synchronised swimmers working tgt

Message of the song is that Singapore has and is still persevering throughout the whole ‘crisis’ as a undying fire

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a lot of people being happy together
helping one another
family, dancing

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Pictures on the tree showing memories
People helping each other
Coming together and break dancing 💃
Helping and standing by one another to become a stronger Singapore

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I think the main message of 2022’s ndp song is stronger together.

Some symbols and scenes that represent this theme are the large groups of people that get together and start dancing. The song is pretty energetic and words like “fire” help to emphasise it.

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There are many scenarios shown of people helping each other and working together (eg the playground building)
We must be harmonious with others around us

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- pictures
- people working together
- NS men
- helping each other

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- people helping others
- united
- everyone dancing together
- carrying it forward

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-residents?? were building a playground together
-shows that working together can help achieve smth

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Theme of stronger together, rising
Many people dancing together displays community.
Working together to build a playground = working tigether to achieve something big
NS man helping old lady shows helping each other
Polaroid of everything together shows an entire community working in harmony
Lyrics of phoenix symbolize overcoming hardship

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People are always working together in harmony and helping one another. This shows how Singaporeans are united with great teaemwork.
Fire🕺

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-polaroids to represent our memories over the years?
-focuses a lot on the theme ‘stronger together’; has a lot of clips where people are dancing together/working together

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I see pictures being clipped onto a tree, as if singapore is looking back and reliving their memories. Additionally, i see many candid scenes of families and just happy people in general
There were also scenes of people dancing together, thus displaying unison and harmony
Got fire, blazing like our sg spirit ig

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main message :
stronger together
>> everyone can come together to contribute and help singapore progress ig

imagery :
- pottery (learning from our elders)
- rebuilding a playground (kampung spirit)
- ns boy helping old lady (different race…)
- ns men marching (shows their perseverance)
- air stewardess helping in the hospital during covid

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i see a lot of different pictures. the pictured ranges from black&white to colour. all of these pictures also hold different meaning and it is then pasted on a tree. (harmony) there are many people of different ages coming together to dance. (stronger together)

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A lot of instances where SGreans worked together or taught each other things
Flames, ignite, fire thru the night (darkness, difficulty)
NS boy happy to serve

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-people are united (synchronise swimming, ns men marching together)
-strength (phoenix, fire)
-helpful (an auntie dropped fruits & the ns men helped him)

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a lot of people together
trees!
attractions in singapore
racial harmony

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Stronger together

Compassion (NS man helping auntie) (frontline workers)
Resilience
Unity amongst diff races

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- residents repairing a slide successfully with the help of one another -- teamwork
- “we will rise up” showing synchronised swimming team rehearsing together and rising out of the water together

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2nd verse: “darkness” the people in the boat are under the bridge, people of different occupations and races but coming together and seeing light again “light at dawn”
Colourless cartoon people at the beginning moving on to coloured cartoon people to real people -> development
Singers of 4 different races

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-fight towards covid

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bus
cycling
fish
food
babies
flower
emo
working people
airplane
otters
car
singapore flag
stewardess
encouraging singaporeans!

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Different races bonding together and having fun. People looking out for each other, taking care of each other.Teamwork

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The covid pandemic so everyone met with challenges
Complementing that Singapore did well in this pandemic (we did it before, we ll do it again”
The music is a bit more melodic and emo

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- animation
- overcome difficulties together, face covid together we’ll be alright??
- many races of singers singing
- at the end the bus is driving (driving towards the road ahead)

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- use of the animations going from black and white to coloured > shows the development of the ‘singapore story’ & how they can overcome covid smms to still give a good ndpmusic video
- use of covid imagery (eg. the food delivery)
- uses the people who are most affected by covid (eg. air stewardesses)
- starts with a bus and ends with a bus > shows how our singapore journey is not ending, we are still on the road ahead

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- a lot of plants
- our history/past of SG (samsui women etc)
- athletes
- represented SGs fight w covid as a bus ride
- a lot of families and children

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the singers were from all races
marina bay sands
did it before and we’ll do it again > reference to sars??
plants
OTTERS

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many people of different ages and race (coming together ) to overcome this covid time
the lyrics suggests that together we can overcome this tough time

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Perseverance (we did it before and we’ll do it again)
Compassion
Recognises our frontline workers’ contributions
Unity amongst races

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masks, vaccinations
shows that we are trying to adapt to living with covid

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This was the most slay ndp song
There was alot of our past history being included, with the immigrants arriving to singapore by boat, so it really allows us to look back on our history and celebrate our achievements as a nation

I think cuz covid then got alot of scenes of like SIA ppl and hawkers etc to shed some light on their work and contributions in sg

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it’s about growth and overcoming difficulties together
reference to covid and water situation
places in sg mbs

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main message :
even though we are going through a lot of hardships, there is always a brighter horizon that we can all work together to overcome again

imagery :
- a lot of environment imagery like public transport eg. buses, mrt, cycling, growing veggies on hdbs, solar panels (highlights the green sg plan)
- our local food (our culture ig)
- food deliveries (especially during covid!!!)
- kallang wave (unity and kampung spirit)
- older generational jobs drawn in an older art style (pay tribute to them for their contributions)

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Different scenes where people appreciate different cultures, transitions from one job to another, showing teh diversity of people who work hard and contribute to society.

The music is soft but turns louder in the chorus(for hope)

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Racial harmony
Reminiscence to old Singapore where they built it up
Fight against covid
All occupations

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I think the main message of 2021’s national day song is that we can overcome all adversities.

We can see it’s not so much everyone gathering together, but more of everyone going about their daily life. I think this prob means that just by persevering they can overcome problems.

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- racial harmony
- otters
-different jobs
- mask
- covid

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Overcoming difficulties together as one united Singapore (4 diff races)
Diff occupations

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-persevering through hard times like we did before
-a lot of imagery of people doing stuff that we didn’t get to see during covid (eg spending time outside with others)

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-moving forward from the covid situation (‘did it before we’ll do it again’)
-lots of flowers and plants
-the figure thing of the boys helping each other so they don’t fall into the water
-food conveyor belt

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-animations (very obvious)
- iconic singaporean things e.g kallang wave, singapore river
-past, present, future
-helping (again)
-everything is also very pretty and artistic
- multiracial
otters 🦦
-lots of smiling

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-shows the different races a lot
-this song’s message of overcoming covid is very obvious with the lyrics

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- people of different races, backgrounds, occupations
- a lot of greenery
- tempo slows down, to show the setbacks w faced during covid
- sia stewardess to show how heavily sia was affected by ovid

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People interacting during the pandemic
Healthcare workers
Zoom
Hawker workers
Tattoo guys hugging babies
Family

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Midst of pandemic,  over zoom
Don’t have alot of gathering cause got limit
Got the minority people /jobs
Very slow song , can sleep

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emo singing
video calling?
baby!
masks and face shields
nurses!!
gifting each other food
tattooed guys with babies
more babies
mini concert lol
chances for everyone? embracing all people!
love letter to singapore and singaporeans

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- many solo shots, not together
- inclusivity? (ex-convicts, lyrics suggest don’t discriminate against them, understand them first)
- communication through video calls
- ndp they wear red and white

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- singapore is still ‘one people’ even though we are apart due to covid19
- people of different ages, genders and races on a ‘zoom call’ format
- paying homage to the frontline workers and people hit hard by covid 19
- how singaporeans find ways to be together while still apart (eg. zoom)
- shows different families gathered around dining tables
- reminds singaporeans to not be quick to judge

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idea of family and loved ones
video call bc of covid also

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-shows people of many different races and ages, even different backgrounds (got office worker then got some ah beng)
-the main thing shown in all the imagery is family
-shows how it was like during the outbreak of the pandemic

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A lot of old people and babies
Scene if tattoo’ed men holding baby = discrimination, judging
COVID so zoom
Emo tone
Cuz of Singapore’s community
Education in lyrics

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-zoom
-guys holding babies
-kids
-healthcare
-hawkers

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- Grateful for/ thanking SG for everything (Because of who you are, I can be everything I am)
- Video conferencing (adapt to changes)
- Bruises and scars from mask (possibly showing sacrifices made by our frontline/ healthcare workers)
- Smiles (even during covid)
- FAMILY
Waving Singapore flag (patriotism/ love for SG)
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COVID
healthcare workers
zoom
being kind and to forgive
a lot of babies

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- zoom pov
- “because of who you are,  i can be everything i am” shows that because of frontline workers singaporeans can live without being in much danger
- supporting and uplifting each other
- be open minded

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Various people trying to adapt to using virtual platforms to communicate, different careers adapting to the covid 19 situation, multiracial gathering at home, eradicating the stereotypical imagery of tattooed men/ ex-offenders and be more willing to integrate them into society

Due to the way Singaporeans handle the situation, covid 19 became less of a restriction

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-depending on one another in hard times (families video calling, ‘because of who you are i can be everything i am’)
-hawkers and healthcare workers (the hawkers giving food to the healthcare workers i think)
-at the end everybody is singing and happy happy together
-guys with tattoos holding the babies -be more open minded
-healthcare worker with bruises on her face, shows how hard they’ve been working

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Showing people of different races/occupations -> thanking everyone in Singapore
Dancers banner “You got this”, encouraging people
Buff men with tattoos holding and hugging young little girls -> goodness in people despite having a tough image (innocence) and breaking stereotypes

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tempo: slow to abit faster - singapore is progressively handling covid better
video calls then finally meeting up in public- singapore progressed
tattoo- overcoming society’s stereotypes and becoming more open minded

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The music this year is more sad and emo but it’s understandable because there was yk covid outbreak. The theme lowkey all over the place. (eg: bonding within family, tattoo, healthcare workers)

We see things like video calls etc. specifically the healthcare workers who had bruises on their face—representing how hard they work and sacrifice for us.

nathan 😉

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I guess cuz 2020 was coronas era then they showed alot of hawkers n medical workers
I guess theres more that meets the eyes cuz they showed men with tattoos which could be perceived as intimidating, but irl they are just normal citizens

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imagery :
- SO EMO
- video calls !!!!!! (even though we are distanced by covid, we can still be connected and stay with each other)
- hawkers during the covid (their struggles during lockdown and how they use social media to publicise their food)
- there was an inter racial couple (nurse videocalling the kid and husband)
- nurses in the hospital
- dudes (are they ex-cons or something?) with tattoos with their kids (dont discriminate >> “quick to embrace, slow to close my mind” so dont just judge them based on stereotypes or like have prejudices against them so quickly)
- a lot of families LOL (are they trying to get singaporeans to have kids to cope with ageing population)
- interracial families? maybe their just friends

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reminescence
hawker (youth)
health care workers
tattoo - teach us not to be judgy
dance
video call
family members and loved ones

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- zoom pov before going to irl activities
- a lot of friends of different occupations
- tattooed men holding their children (sg’s stereotypes of tattoos being violent ppl and disproves by showing their gentleness)
- have to eat meals at each other’s h9me

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online interactions
babies
tattooed men
slow song
they keep zooming into nathan hartono face 😅😅😅
nurse’s face has the mask scars & interracial couple

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People interacting through zoom calls
Healthcare workers getting food from others
A lot more imagery of homes

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- a lot of children, family
- a healthcare worker video calling her family with very deep mask imprints on her face
- modern dancing
- “quick to embrace and slow to close my mind” telling us not to be judgemental of people’s appearances

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-many solo shots :)
-during pandemic era
-focused on the selflessness on healthcare workers,
-urges singaporeans to embrace people regardless of background etc
-zoom calls

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- sg50
- patriotic, love singapore and continue building the nation
- many shots of many different people
- shows development of singapore bc we have nice architecture

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SG 50
Reminiscing the past, proud of their progress from a small village with a big dream to a developed city where our dreams came true after 50 years of hard work
People of different age groups and races and occupations singing together

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- evolution of sg
- different videos o different people shows the diversity of people in sg
- clapping and stomping shows togetherness even when singaporeans are not together in real life

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singapore’s scenery
coming together as a nation
being united as one

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merlion
trees
buildings
hdb
friends
shop(houses)?
clapping
beach
bridge
plants
selfie camera
children.
our singapore
singapore grew a lot over the past 50 years and achieved our dreams!

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St nicks girl
People taking selfies
People having fun together

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Got more focus on the past also, not only the future
People hanging out without masks
A lot of view of what sg has become in 50 years (through showing buildings)
A lot of harmony

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selfie
happy
famous people

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-treasure singapore
-a lot of people of differences races and ages all ohohohhh together
-vlogging
-alot of significant singapore buildings
- celebrating singapore’s progress in the last 50 years
-continue to progress

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jj lin 😍😍😍
a lot of people everywhere
marina bay
merlion
quah zheng wen

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main message :
we have achieved so much in the last 50 years so we need to appreciate the past efforts and continue to thrive

imagery :
- vlogging (everyone was taking selfies)
- “we moved ahead together…” we have worked very hard to get to where we are so we have a very loving and caring environment
- the bridge part >> we still have a long way ahead of us so we need to do our part to help singapore continue to prosper
- “our home, our heart, our singapore” i think the our shows like belonging and pride to belong to singapore

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A lot of people celebrating the 50th bday of Singapore
Very happy and vibrant
The buildings of Singapore
To show that we have grown

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SG50
A lot of repetition of ‘our’ sense of belonging ig
Building up from nothing, the past Temasek to Singapore today
Dreams coming true

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- singaporeans of all races, ages, genders coming together to celebrate singapore’s birthday
- different unique singaporean landmarks (eg. merlion, fullerton hotel)
- celebrating of SG50, ‘remake’ of SG’s original song to show how we have grown and developed
- i can only imagine how funny it was to film this

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-happy-go-lucky era
-very focused on group shots of people being happy and enjoying life
- different ethnicities and cultures tgt
-commemorating singapore’s growth?

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- different age groups
- a lot of Timelapse of busy places in sg
- showed a lot of SG tourist sites
- a lot of schools children

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lots of greenery and technology
supertrees :D
lots of friends
capture every generation and what they’re generation likes
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emo hairstyle

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many people coming together to sing the song
taking videos/selfies —progressing to a digitalised sg?
singapore growing together and progressing to a united country

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SG50
-See a lot of people taking videos of themselves looking happy
-Showcases Singapore’s best architecture (fullerton etc.)
-Inspires people to do better

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Alot of ppl singing together, unity and gives me like a sense of patriotism????
Basically just a lot of people singing tgtr to diff parts of the song
Different groups of people, young adults, teenagers, families, elderly, football players etc

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-all the different communities in singapore
-taking videos/selfies
-showing the many iconic parts of sg, eg the merlion

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Many youths, elders and children from different walks of life presenting the song. Touring around Singapore, showing the progression and the place that Singapore has reached now’ a land to treasure’

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this version is so emo but it shows more of the timeline of singapore since independence
like a little trip down memory lane for the oldies
slowly we are progressing to the current singapore we know and theres a lot more racial harmony portrayed

sorry ms law i used to laugh at his name and because he looked like a weirdo

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lee kuan yew! he died that year