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8km trail to celebrate Jubilee opens on Nov 29

SINGAPORE — Jubilee Walk, a history-rich trail to commemorate Singapore’s 50th birthday, will be officially opened on Nov 29, Minister for Community, Culture and Youth, Mr Lawrence Wong, announced today (Aug 6).

Dr Yaacob (with phone) and Mr Wong at the event organised by MCI and MCCY yesterday. Photo: Don Wong

Dr Yaacob (with phone) and Mr Wong at the event organised by MCI and MCCY yesterday. Photo: Don Wong

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SINGAPORE — Jubilee Walk, a history-rich trail to commemorate Singapore’s 50th birthday, will be officially opened on Nov 29, Minister for Community, Culture and Youth, Mr Lawrence Wong, announced today (Aug 6).

In addition, an exhibition featuring Singaporeans’ hopes and aspirations for the next 50 years will be held at Gardens by the Bay from Dec 1 to March next year, he said.

Mr Wong was speaking at a National Day Observance Ceremony jointly organised by his ministry and the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) today.

The 8km-long Jubilee Walk will cover 25 key monuments and iconic locations that symbolise different points of the Republic’s history and development.

First announced in June last year as a way of leaving a lasting physical legacy of Singapore’s Golden Jubilee, the trail will start at the National Museum of Singapore, weave through the civic district and end at Marina Barrage.

Iconic places that the walk covers include Fort Canning Park, which was the nerve centre for British military operations in the Far East during World War II, and Central Fire Station, the oldest surviving one here that opened in 1909.

Speaking at the event today, Mr Wong said while 50 years is considered a short time in the history of nations, Singapore has formed its identity at an “accelerated rate”, with its unique lingo and quirks, along with strong

camaraderie and strong multicultural roots.

He added: “Much of what we have today is due to our founding leaders and pioneers ... They forged a unique path for Singapore — where our different identities are allowed to flourish and to overlap in a common space that we all share together.”

Minister for Communications and Information, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, who also spoke at the event, noted that Singapore has made great strides in its short history, including being the first country in the world that enabled the use of mobile phones when travelling underground in the MRT in 1989 and having a digital mailbox for e-Government services and letters.

Paying tribute to the Republic’s founding leaders and pioneers, including the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Dr Yaacob said: “While we partake in the various activities this Jubilee Weekend, let us not forget how we got to where we are today.”

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