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National Day Celebrations – 7 August – A Review<\/strong><\/h3>

Hello SUKA family and friends,\u00a0<\/b><\/p>

We would like to thank our 160 guests<\/b> who celebrated Singapore’s 57th National Day <\/b>with SUKA and participated enthusiastically in the activities including the raffle draw. The Singapore High Commissioner<\/strong> Mr Lim Thuan Kuan <\/b>was well impressed with his first first face-to-face SUKA event which \u2018looked like a wedding\u2019<\/strong> to him.<\/p>

Many had also\u00a0<\/span>made an effort to dress in the Singapore theme, which had made selecting our best dressed winners a difficult task.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The celebrations started with opening speeches by our President Anu, followed by the Singapore High Commissioner Mr Lim Thuan Kuan and Singapore Global Network Regional Director (UK & Ireland) Baohui Huang<\/b>.\u00a0The event continued with our guests<\/span> singing Majulah Singapura<\/b><\/span> with gusto and reciting the <\/span>National Pledge<\/b><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Our Secretary Cheryl presented about education in early Singapore<\/b> where she delved into the history of some schools such as Hwa Chong and Anglo-Chinese School as well as the evolution of the language of instruction into English.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

Rokshana <\/b><\/span>(<\/span>a virtuoso violinist\u00a0<\/span>who had also performed during our Diamond Jubilee celebrations) <\/span>and Eugene<\/b><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>an extremely talented guitarist,<\/span>\u00a0entertained our guests with their <\/span>rendition of a Singaporean classic Rasa Sayang<\/b><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>

Aparnaa, our gracious emcee, <\/b><\/span>conducted a <\/span>Singapore themed pub quiz <\/b><\/span>which engaged all our guests and challenged their knowledge of Singapore history with buckets of laughter and fun.<\/span><\/p>

The guests enjoyed <\/span>a truly Singaporean meal <\/b><\/span>with classic dishes such as chicken rice and laksa, for which we have the Copthorne Tara Hotel Kensington to thank for.<\/span><\/p>

We are grateful for the continuous support from the <\/span>Singapore Global Network, Saedah <\/b><\/span>who had baked cupcakes for every guest as well as <\/span>Miki <\/b><\/span>who had set up a hat stall at the venue.<\/span><\/p>

A huge thank you too to our sponsors for the goodie bags for all our guests and contributing to our raffle prizes:<\/span><\/p>