Chingay Parade
2007 to be webcast 'live' on wireless network
SINGAPORE: The annual Chingay Parade turns 35 this year and its
organisers the People's Association have introduced new ways to
get more people participating in it.
'Chingay 35' previews on Friday, and MediaCorp's Channel 8 will
telecast the parade on Orchard Road 'live' this Saturday, 24
February.
Last year's Chingay event attracted over 200,000 spectators and 1.5
million TV viewers.
To reach out to more people, the Chingay Parade will be streamed
'live' this Saturday on the People's Association and Chingay
websites.
Anyone in Singapore or abroad can catch the webcast of the Chingay
through their laptop or home computer, and even through their Wi-Fi
enabled devices.
The parade will also be shown 'live' on large screens at Toa Payoh
HDB Hub and the Singapore Visitors' Centre @ Orchard.
The public can take part in the 'I was @ Chingay!' competition by
sending photos or video clips of themselves taken at the parade to
[email protected]
Attractive prizes also await those who vote for their favourite
float via SMS to 9109-6398 or through the Chingay website.
Another highlight is that President SR Nathan will enter the parade
ground on the leading 'Chingay Uniquely Singapore' float.
The PA has also held its first-ever charity auction of five pairs
of premium Chingay tickets and two pairs of standing spaces on the
floats.
And the winners NATAS and partners, and Pan United Corporation
have donated the two sets of tickets.
One set goes to a wedding couple, who will get solemnised at the
Chingay, symbolising the birth of a new family, while the other set
is donated to the 'I Love Children' movement.
Ambassadors from the movement will appear on a float together with
three Singapore Lions Aide Iskandar, Hassan Sunny, Noh Rahman
and their prized trophy from the ASEAN Football
Championships.
The parade will travel into the heartlands this Sunday and next
weekend.
It will be at East Coast GRC on Sunday, 25 February; Marine Parade
on Saturday, 3 March; Chinatown for the Chap Ngoh Meh celebrations
on Sunday, 4 March.
