Security upped for National Day

Security upped for National Day

SINGAPORE: Singapore will clamp tight security on the city-
state's annual National Day Parade (NDP) on Saturday, expected to
attract 60,000 people led by President S.R. Nathan and the entire
cabinet to a stadium, organizers said.

The strict security measures were being taken amid continuing
terrorist threats, highlighted by Tuesday's massive car-bomb
blast at a hotel in neighboring Indonesia believed carried out by
Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) militants.

Brig. Gen. Chua Chwee Koh, chairman of the parade's executive
committee, said that specialist units from the police, the civil
defense force and the armed forces will be deployed around the
stadium.

Bags and vehicles will be thoroughly checked and spectators to
Singapore's celebration of its 38 years of independence will have
to go through metal detectors. Only authorized vehicles will be
allowed into the stadium's car parks. --AFP