MediaCorp to broadcast National Day Rally "live" on Sunday

SINGAPORE: MediaCorp will broadcast the National Day Rally 2012 "live" on Sunday from 6.45pm across its television, radio and online platforms.

This year’s National Day Rally (NDR) will be split into two parts.

Education Minister Heng Swee Keat, Senior Minister of State for Education, and Information, Communications and the Arts Lawrence Wong; and Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports Halimah Yacob will deliver their speeches in the first part from 6.45pm to 7.30pm.

In Part 2, from 8pm to 10pm, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will deliver his speech in Malay, Chinese and English.

Prime Minister Lee on Tuesday thanked Singaporeans for their suggestions on what he should talk about in his National Day Rally speech.

In a facebook post, Mr Lee said he is looking forward to sharing his thoughts on Sunday, on the future Singapore we wish to see, and how we can work together to build a better home for all.

As for the new speakers, they have told Channel NewsAsia they’re honoured to be able to share their thoughts at the Rally.

Mr Heng said he will touch on the national conversation he’s hoping to strike up on the future of Singapore, while Mr Wong said he will share his aspirations for the country.

Mdm Halimah said she’ll focus on providing opportunities for all Singaporeans for a fair and just society.

Channel 5, HD5, okto, and Channel NewsAsia will broadcast the rally speech in English, while Channel 8 and Channel U will broadcast it in Mandarin.

Suria will broadcast the speech in Malay, and Vasantham in Tamil.

MediaCorp radio stations will also broadcast the full speech "live" with translations in the four official languages.

Radio Stations:

938LIVE

Full speech with simultaneous English voice—over translations of Malay and Mandarin speeches

Capital 95.8FM

Full speech with simultaneous Mandarin voice—over translation of English and Malay speeches

Warna 94.2FM

Full speech with simultaneous Malay voice—over translation of English and Mandarin speeches

Oli 96.8FM

Full speech with simultaneous Tamil voice—over translations

The National Day Rally will be streamed live on

channelnewsasia.com/nd2012

from 6.45pm.

Text and video clips of the full speech will be available after the speech is delivered.

Viewers who are unable to catch the "live" broadcast may view a delayed telecast on Catch—up TV via xinmsn.com/ndp2012 or listen to the radio podcast at xinmsn.com/podcast from August 27.

The highlights of the National Day Rally will be telecast on the following dates, timeslots and channels:

August 28, 11.30pm

Channel 5/HD5

NDR highlights in English

August 30, 10.30pm

Channel 8

NDR highlights in Mandarin

August 30, 10.30pm

Suria

NDR highlights in Malay

August 30, 7.00pm

Vasantham

NDR highlights in Tamil

— CNA/al/ck