Stories Of Yesteryear: National Day Rally Speeches Throughout The Years
Reflect on the speeches of Singapore’s former Prime Ministers and find out how these leaders defined the challenges that faced our nation, the goals they set to transform the country, and the strategies and policies that have shaped Singapore and made it what it is today.
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Reflect on the speeches of Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Find out how the three leaders defined the challenges that faced our nation, what goals they set to transform the country, and the strategies and policies that have shaped Singapore and made it what it is today.
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his first National Day Rally speech at the National Theatre. It was the PM’s first National Day rally speech since Singapore gained independence on 9 August 1965. Audio: Malay, English, Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his first National Day Rally speech at the National Theatre. It was the PM’s first National Day rally speech since Singapore gained independence on 9 August 1965. Audio: Malay, English, Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his first National Day Rally speech at the National Theatre. It was the PM’s first National Day rally speech since Singapore gained independence on 9 August 1965. Chinese subtitles had been added to the Hokkien speech. Audio: Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his first National Day Rally speech at the National Theatre. It was the PM’s first National Day rally speech since Singapore gained independence on 9 August 1965. Chinese subtitles had been added to the Hokkien speech. Audio: Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his second National Day Rally speech at the National Theatre on 16 August 1967. There is intermittent loss of sound, and the Malay speech is incomplete. For access to the cultural show and Hokkien speech (sound only footage) visit Archives Online. Audio: Malay and English
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his second National Day Rally speech at the National Theatre on 16 August 1967. There is intermittent loss of sound, and the Malay speech is incomplete. For access to the cultural show and Hokkien speech (sound only footage) visit Archives Online. Audio: Malay and English
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 16 August 1968 at the National Theatre. Audio: English
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 16 August 1968 at the National Theatre. Audio: English
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 16 August 1968 at the National Theatre. This film was assembled by the National Archives of Singapore from silent film footage and sound only footage. Chinese subtitles had been added to the Hokkien speech. Audio: Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 16 August 1968 at the National Theatre. This film was assembled by the National Archives of Singapore from silent film footage and sound only footage. Chinese subtitles had been added to the Hokkien speech. Audio: Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 16 August 1969 at the National Theatre. The National Archives of Singapore assembled this film from an audio recording of the 1969 National Day Rally speech with film footage from the Ministry of Culture and photo images from the Ministry of Information and the Arts collection. Audio: English
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 16 August 1969 at the National Theatre. The National Archives of Singapore assembled this film from an audio recording of the 1969 National Day Rally speech with film footage from the Ministry of Culture and photo images from the Ministry of Information and the Arts collection. Audio: English
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 15 August 1970 at the National Theatre. Audio: English
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 15 August 1970 at the National Theatre. Audio: English
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 15 August 1970 at the National Theatre. Audio: Mandarin
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 15 August 1970 at the National Theatre. Audio: Mandarin
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 15 August 1971 at the National Theatre. For access to the cultural show visit Archives Online. Audio: Malay, Mandarin, English
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 15 August 1971 at the National Theatre. For access to the cultural show visit Archives Online. Audio: Malay, Mandarin, English
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 15 August 1971 at the National Theatre. Chinese subtitles had been added to the Hokkien speech. Audio: Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 15 August 1971 at the National Theatre. Chinese subtitles had been added to the Hokkien speech. Audio: Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 13 August 1972 at the National Theatre. For access to the cultural show visit Archives Online. Audio: Malay, English, Mandarin, Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 13 August 1972 at the National Theatre. For access to the cultural show visit Archives Online. Audio: Malay, English, Mandarin, Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 13 August 1972 at the National Theatre. Chinese subtitles had been added to the Hokkien speech. Audio: Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 13 August 1972 at the National Theatre. Chinese subtitles had been added to the Hokkien speech. Audio: Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 26 August 1973 at the National Theatre. Audio: English, Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 26 August 1973 at the National Theatre. Audio: English, Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 26 August 1973 at the National Theatre. Chinese subtitles had been added to the Hokkien speech. Audio: Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 26 August 1973 at the National Theatre. Chinese subtitles had been added to the Hokkien speech. Audio: Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 18 August 1974 at the National Theatre. Audio: Malay, English, Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 18 August 1974 at the National Theatre. Audio: Malay, English, Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 18 August 1974 at the National Theatre. Chinese subtitles had been added to the Hokkien speech. Audio: Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 18 August 1974 at the National Theatre. Chinese subtitles had been added to the Hokkien speech. Audio: Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 17 August 1975 at the National Theatre. This video is in full colour. Audio: Malay, English
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 17 August 1975 at the National Theatre. This video is in full colour. Audio: Malay, English
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 17 August 1975 at the National Theatre. This video is in full colour. Audio: Mandarin, Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 17 August 1975 at the National Theatre. This video is in full colour. Audio: Mandarin, Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 17 August 1975 at the National Theatre. Chinese subtitles had been added to the Hokkien speech. This video is in full colour. Audio: Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 17 August 1975 at the National Theatre. Chinese subtitles had been added to the Hokkien speech. This video is in full colour. Audio: Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 15 August 1976 at the National Theatre. For access to the cultural show visit Archives Online. Audio: Malay, Hokkien, English
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 15 August 1976 at the National Theatre. For access to the cultural show visit Archives Online. Audio: Malay, Hokkien, English
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 15 August 1976 at the National Theatre. Chinese subtitles had been added to the Hokkien speech. Audio: Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 15 August 1976 at the National Theatre. Chinese subtitles had been added to the Hokkien speech. Audio: Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 15 August 1977 at the National Theatre. Audio: Malay, Hokkien, English
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 15 August 1977 at the National Theatre. Audio: Malay, Hokkien, English
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 15 August 1977 at the National Theatre. Chinese subtitles had been added to the Hokkien speech. Audio: Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 15 August 1977 at the National Theatre. Chinese subtitles had been added to the Hokkien speech. Audio: Hokkien
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 13 August 1978 at the National Theatre. Audio: Malay, English
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivered his National Day Rally speech on 13 August 1978 at the National Theatre. Audio: Malay, English