The 2011 Total Defence campaign will not just remind Singaporeans of their role to play in defending the country but, for the first time, do its bit for charity. — ST PHOTO
THE 2011 Total Defence campaign will not just remind Singaporeans of their role to play in defending the country but, for the first time, do its bit for charity.
The annual drive, started in 1984 to remind Singaporeans of the country’s limited resources and each person’s role in defending it, aims to raise $200,000 for beneficiaries under the Community Chest.
To raise funds, netizens will just have to click and download the music video of the song Home, which has been picked to raise awareness of the Total Defence campaign, themed ‘Home – Keeping it Together’. For every download, five organisations and homegrown companies will pledge $1 to the Community Chest’s beneficiaries. They include the Lee Foundation, Sembcorp Industries and Aurigin Technology.
Total Defence Day, a grim reminder of a small country’s vulnerability, is marked every year on Feb 15, to remember the day in 1942 when Singapore fell to the Japanese in World War II.
This year, the song Home has been given a new arrangement by Ms Kit Chan and other arrangers, and will be sung by her, with help from 38 local songbirds, including Ramli Sarip, Jacinta Abisheganaden and Stefanie Sun.
The Dick Lee-penned number will be aired on radio from Feb 15 and the video, produced by Ms Chan, will be shown on TV and the Total Defence campaign website, www.thisishome.sg
Article source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_622903.html
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