What NDP means to participants: Celebrations never fail to move veteran

Mr Clarence Chan (right), with a fellow participant from the People's Association at the former PA headquarters opposite the old National Stadium in Kallang, during rehearsals for NDP 1991.
Mr Clarence Chan (right), with a fellow participant from the People's Association at the former PA headquarters opposite the old National Stadium in Kallang, during rehearsals for NDP 1991. PHOTO: COURTESY OF CLARENCE CHAN
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Mr Clarence Chan has been involved in every National Day Parade since 1991, but the celebrations still move him in different ways each year.

He started out as a mass display performer for the People's Association (PA) that year, later taking on bigger responsibilities in training the contingent.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on June 14, 2020, with the headline What NDP means to participants: Celebrations never fail to move veteran. Subscribe