WHEN ballots for Singapore's birthday party closed yesterday at midnight, organisers had been flooded with more than 350,000 ticket applications.

About 27,000 seats are up for grabs for the National Day Parade on Aug 9, but more than 35,000 applications have been streaming in daily since the electronic box office opened on May 16.

The free tickets are available to Singapore citizens and permanent residents.

Successful applicants will be notified by phone between June 9 and June 18, and they can collect their tickets at the Floating Platform on Marina Bay from June 20 to June 29, between 10am and 10pm daily.

Winning Tickets for NDP

The Straits Times gives out its first set of free National Day Parade tickets. With a few more weeks to go to NDP, find out how you can get tickets too by joining The Straits Times NDP Photo Caption Contest. RazorTV tells you how.