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This year's National Day Parade will feature
the Mobile Column. Like previous parades that were held at the Padang,
the more than 200-vehicle strong mobile column will pass City Hall after
the Parade and Ceremony Segment of NDP. |
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This is the fifth time the Mobile Column
will be featured during the NDP. After passing City Hall, the Mobile
Column will split and continue along three routes deep into the
heartlands of Singapore. |
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We hope to reach out to more Singaporeans
and reinforce the theme of "Safe and Secure" which will be exemplified
by these operational vehicles of the SAF and the Home Team. |
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The SAF and Home Team will be featuring
their latest operational hardware within the Mobile Column. |
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These will include the PRIMUS, a 155mm
self-propelled howitzer, and the BRONCO, an All Terrain Tracked Carrier. |
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From the Home Team, Singaporeans will get to
see the HAZMAT Support Vehicle and the Mobile Ventilator, both which are
newly acquired equipment for use in accidents that involve hazardous
materials. |
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After City Hall, the three columns of
vehicles will make their way through numerous town centres before
arriving at the three Celebration@Heartlands locations of Jurong East,
Yishun and Tampines. |
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At each of these locations, heartlanders
will be treated to a dynamic display of the operational capabilities of
the vehicles when these vehicles perform their operational actions. |
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To keep the heartlanders informed on exact
locations of the travelling columns, the SAF will be deploying a
Position Tracking System. |
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With this system, Singaporeans at the three
Celebration@Heartlands locations can keep abreast with the real-time
locations of the vehicle columns when they are making their way towards
them. |
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Other Singaporeans who are watching the live
telecast in their homes can also log onto the internet to find out when
the mobile columns would be passing by their homes so they can catch a
glimpse of the columns. |
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Movement routes of mobile columns |
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Source:
www.ndp.org.sg News Release 5
Jul 2005 |
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National Day Parade
takes place on 9 Aug 2005 |
National Day Parade 2005 - Mobile Column 
