PM Lee will speak instead in Parliament, during the debate that follows its opening on Aug 24.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
There will not be a National Day Rally this year due to the Covid-19 outbreak, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday.
Mr Lee will instead deliver a major speech to Singaporeans in the House,"about 10 days" after Parliament opens on Aug 24. "So instead of that, I shall do it in Parliament and we will have a serious debate there," he said, during a virtual press conference to announce his new Cabinet. The sitting prime minister sets out the key issues facing the Government of the day during the speech.The new MPs will be sworn in on Aug 24 in the afternoon, and President Halimah Yacob will give a speech to open Parliament in the evening, Mr Lee said yesterday.
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