PM Wong to deliver National Day message on Aug 8

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This will be his first National Day message as Prime Minister after being sworn in on May 15.

PM Lawrence Wong’s National Day message on Aug 8 will be his first as Prime Minister after being sworn in on May 15.

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SINGAPORE – Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will address the country in a televised message on Aug 8, the eve of National Day.

This will be his first National Day message as Prime Minister after

being sworn in on May 15.

PM Wong, who is also Finance Minister, delivered the message in Mandarin as Deputy Prime Minister in 2023.

A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Aug 1 said that his speech will be broadcast on CNA and CNA938 at 6.45pm.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong will deliver the message in Mandarin on Channel 8 and Capital 95.8FM at 8.45pm.

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, and Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam will deliver it in Tamil at 9pm on Vasantham and Oli 96.8FM.

The National Day message in all four languages will be available on the

PMO website

and the

PMO YouTube channel

after the first broadcasts.

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