National Day Parade can be restructured to make it more intimate, and not postponed or cancelled: Dick Lee

A member of the audience with a heart-shaped balloon during the National Day Parade held at The Padang on Aug 9, 2019. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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SINGAPORE - This year's National Day Parade (NDP) could be scaled down in light of the coronavirus pandemic instead of having it postponed or cancelled, said Mr Dick Lee, who directed and produced NDP shows in five different years.

"If it was your birthday, you wouldn't postpone it. If you were supposed to have a big celebration, you would now have a smaller one," said the 63-year-old.

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