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In the wake of the President declaring 7th August a public holiday, Halimah Yacob has called on Singaporeans to not go overseas and join in the SG50 celebrations instead. “My appeal to Singaporeans is to please stay in Singapore during the long weekend. I understand that Singaporeans take the opportunity during periods of long weekends to chill out with their families overseas, and on other occasions that’s all right, but on this occasion, I hope that they will stay and really celebrate together as a nation. It will be really sad if a quarter of Singapore goes overseas to celebrate.”

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