The Total Defence Day event, held at four locations across the island, were jointly organised by post-secondary education institutions (PSEIs) and SAF units for the first time as part of the SAF-School Partnership Programme (SSPP). Please see below for a summary of the programme.
ITE College West |
Raffles Institution |
SingaporePolytechnic (SP) |
Tampines Junior College |
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Duration |
0900-1700 hrs |
0730-1700 hrs |
1200-1700 hrs |
0945-1530 hrs |
SAF units involved |
10C4I & 3AMB |
1GDs & 191 SQN |
40 SAR, 18 Defence Artillery Battalion, 817 SQN & Force Readiness SQN |
36SCE/HQCBRE & MSTF |
Guest of Honour |
Dr Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Defence |
Mr Hri Kumar Nair, MP for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC |
Mr Tan Hang Cheong, SP Principal |
Mr Puvan Ariaratnam, Deputy Director of Character & Citizenship Education Branch, Ministry of Education |
Audience (in addition to the students of the school where the event is held) |
Cluster Schools: Teck Whye Secondary School, Bukit Panjang Government High, Chua Chu Kang Secondary School and Assumption Pathway School | Cluster Schools: Bishan Park Secondary School, Guangyang Primary School, Raffles Girls' School and Whitley Secondary School |
Clementi Town Primary School |
Cluster Schools: Damai Secondary, Bedok South Secondary, St Anthony's Canossian Secondary, Metta School, East View Secondary School , Gongshang Primary School, Ngee Ann Secondary School, Park View Primary School, Tampines Primary School and Tampines North Primary School |
Clementi MINDS (Training & Development Centre) | Kinderland Child Care @ Singapore Polytechnic |
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Delta Senior School | Pei Tong Primary School |
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Members of the public |
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Highlights | TD Shows by SPF (Self-defence: Outrage of Modesty), SCDF (Search & Resuce Dog) and ITE College West (Body Combat & Taekwondo) | Performance by RI students, Enactment of Apprehending the Kidnappers" | Showcase of game, "Regimen", which is based on actual events that happened during WWII. The game is created by SP students from the Game Design Course | Mass Evacuation Drill: Simulation of Fire Incident and Suspected Chemical & Explosive Incidents involving the SAF, SCDF and SPF |
A 3-hour mass Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator (CPR + AED) training workshop conducted by the National Resuscitation Council (NRC) for 100 students and staff | A 3-hour mass CPR+AED training workshop conducted by NRC for 270 students and staff | A 3-hour mass CPR+AED training workshop conducted by NRC for 400 students and staff | Mobile Display by the SAF: Simulation of bomb detection and threat neutralisation which will be carried out using robots | |
Presentation of prizes to winners of N.E.mation! 6 | Vehicle and weapon display by the Army and Navy | Vehicle and weapon display by the Army, Air Force and Navy | "TD Race" where students will compete to complete TD tasks based on the exhibits at the event | |
Vehicle and weapon display by the Army | Weapon display by the Army and Navy | |||
Displays on fire-fighting, hazmat as well as chemical agent equipment and suits by the SCDF | ||||
Showcasing crime prevention efforts and equipment by the SPF | ||||
"Action" wall |
S/N | PSEI - SAF Unit | Date | Venue |
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1. | Innova JC - 38 SCE |
9 Feb |
Innova JC |
2. | Temasek JC - Paya Lebar Airbase/ADG |
10 Feb |
Paya Lebar Air Base |
3. | Dunman High School - 9 SIR |
13 Feb |
Dunman High School |
4. | Anderson JC - 35 SCE |
13 - 17 Feb |
Anderson JC |
5. | Dunearn Secondary School - 11 C4I |
15 Feb |
Dunearn Secondary School Hall |
6. | NUS High School - 42 SAR |
15 Feb |
Sungei Gedong Camp |
7. | Boon Lay Secondary School - 9 AMB/9 DISCOM |
15 Feb |
The Army Museum |
8. | Nanyang JC - 30 SCE |
15 Feb |
Jurong Camp I |
9. | Hwa Chong Institution (JC), Junyuan Secondary School, Bendemeer Secondary School - 1 SIR |
15 Feb |
HCI (JC), Jun Yuan Sec Sch, Bendemeer Sec Sch |
10. | Bowen Secondary School - 35 SCE |
15 Feb |
Bowen Sec Sch |
11. | ITE College East - 1 TPT & 3 TPT | 15 Feb | Sembawang Camp |
12. | ITE College Central - 6 AMB | 15 Feb | ITE College Central |
13. | St Joseph's Institution - 8 SIR | 15 Feb | St Joseph's Institution |
14. | Serangoon JC - 1 AMB |
16 Feb |
Serangoon JC |