First full-scale parade marking SAF Day held in 3 years

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SINGAPORE - For the first time in three years, a full-scale parade was held at the Safti Military Institute in Jurong to commemorate Singapore Armed Forces Day.

The parade was dropped in 2020 in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic, while last year's version was a scaled-down affair with 350 participants.

She presented the State Colours to this year's Best Combat Unit, the 1st Commando Battalion, while Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen handed out 29 best unit and best national service unit awards. They include Major Muhammad Fazli Zulkifli, who is part of a battalion that was deployed to assist the Ministry of Health at the community care facility at Singapore Expo in 2020, during the height of the Covid-19 outbreak at the migrant worker dormitories.

One of the challenges he faced was encouraging his fellow NSmen to respond to the deployment as some were fearful of contracting Covid-19 at the facility.

 

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