HAPPY 41st BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE

We celebrate our 41st Birthday today. Coincidentally, this is the last event held at our National Stadium. Both the event and the venue were significant in their own rights.

Singapore has come a long way as a country. We have grown from small fishing village into a cospomolitan city. Our port has has grown beyond basic loading & unloading activities into a world class supply chain logistics hub. Changi Airport and SIA have made a reputation for themselves for being safe, efficient with commendable service level.

Despite being a young nation, our economic growth has been trememdous year-in-year-out as compare to our neighbours and many developed economies. We are home to many world renounce multi-national companies such as Glaxo Smithkline, Baxter, Sony, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Medtronics, Chevron, Exxon-Mobile, Millenium & Copthorne and, of course, the list goes on... Local companies such as SingTel, Keppel Fels, Osim, Creative Technology, SIA, PSA, Raffles Hospital and many others have made their presence felt in their respective industries and around the region.

Then we have Jurong Island. The concept in itself deserved merit. Who in the world would come out with an idea to reclaimed and join small islands turning them into a chemical process hub.

National Stadium has been an icon for our sport accomplishment and a memorable place to many Singaporean, including myself. This is a place where we had out Malaysia Cup glory day, made famous our KALLANG ROAR and experienced of many sporting triumph.

I am a proud and happy Singaporean. How can we not proud to be a Singaporean? We have ....

Politically and socially stable country
Clean government
Good brand association
Sustainable economic growth
Reasonably safe environment to live, shop & party
Good transportation infrastructure and communication connectedness
Good educational framework
Good variety of food and indulgence
Reasonable living space
CPF
many more .....