NDP 2020: Heartland celebrations pay tribute to healthcare workers, front-line fighters

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NDP 2020: Heartland celebrations pay tribute to healthcare workers, frontline fighters

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SINGAPORE - Nine-month-old Chloe Swah turned to the skies, her attention drawn by the roar of six F-15 fighter jets that soared overhead above her home in Kovan.

The jets, flying in a Delta formation shaped like an arrowhead, also flew past eight local hospitals in a tribute to healthcare workers tackling the Covid-19 pandemic. The Swahs - including family patriarch Swah Joo Teck, 99, Lt Swah's wife Pearlene Quek, 27, his sister Shirin Swah, 28, and her husband Sean Quek, 30, and the family's helper Myrna Lameyra, 50 - watched with pride from the roof of their terrace house.

The 12 parachutists - six at each location - were met with loud cheers and clapping while shutterbugs snapped away furiously. The mobile column also made its way into the heartland for the second year in a row - showcasing 22 types of equipment over five routes covering a record 200km.

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