PM Lee to deliver televised National Day message on Aug 8

PM Lee Hsien Loong delivering his National Day message in 2020. This year's message will be broadcast on Aug 8. PHOTO: MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will address the country in a televised message on Sunday (Aug 8), a day before National Day.

He will deliver his speech in English on CNA at 6.45pm.

Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies Heng Swee Keat will deliver the message in Mandarin at 9.45pm on television on Channel 8. It will also air on radio on Capital 958.

Minister for Social and Family Development and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Masagos Zulkifli will deliver the message in Malay at 8.30pm on Suria, while Minister for Transport S. Iswaran will deliver the message in Tamil on television at 9pm on Vasantham and on radio on Oli 968.

The National Day message in all four languages will also be available on the website of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the PMO YouTube channel after the first broadcasts, the PMO said on Wednesday.

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