By Teo Wan Gek
SERANGOON grassroots leaders are pulling out all the stops to
make sure that their New Year countdown party is the one event not
to be missed on the last night of this year.
On Friday, popular local artists such as Rui En, Jeanette Aw,
Mark Lee and Henry Thia, and Singapore Idol Hady Mirza, will lend
their star power to Serangoon Swing 2011.
Along with host celebrities Michelle Chong, Moses Lim and Justin
Mission, they will kick off seven hours of song, dance and
celebration from 6pm at the Serangoon Garden Circus, where a stage
is being erected. To top it off, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
will join the star-studded event and ring in the New Year with
residents.
Over the past three days, about 16,000 invitations were
hand-delivered to residents of Serangoon - a ward of Aljunied GRC -
by 500 grassroots leaders and volunteers.
The ward's MP, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Hwee
Hua, said that Serangoon Swing 2011 will provide residents with an
opportunity to celebrate New Year in their own backyard.
'We expect some people to even come in their pyjamas, with their
grandparents and children. It is for people to pop out, see parts
of the programme, go home for dinner and come back out again for
the countdown,' she said yesterday when announcing details of the
event.