channelnewsasia.com - NDP organisers working with online sites to curb sale of Parade tickets
   
 
  blogs  
 
yournews
   
   
Video Finance Lifestyle Travel Weather Discussion TV Shows
CNA Live    | About Us 
 
  Home ›
 
Singapore News

 
 

NDP organisers working with online sites to curb sale of Parade tickets
By Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 23 June 2007 2002 hrs

 
 
Photos  of

   
 

SINGAPORE : Organisers of the National Day Parade say they are working with online auction sites like Yahoo and eBay to stop the sale of tickets online.

Tickets for the Preview and Parade shows were only given out on Saturday, but already some people have put up theirs for sale.

And this has ruffled some feathers.

It has been one long wait for William Soh, a successful applicant for the NDP tickets.

This is the first time the 66-year-old will be watching the National Day Parade, and he made sure he's first to get the tickets, turning up at 7 in the morning, 3 hours before the collection counters opened.

Mr Soh said: "I come here, all the light was not open, very dark. I thought, oh, where, where."

He is one of over a few hundred people who collected their tickets on Saturday.

Many, like Frank Lopez, another successful applicant, have been trying to get tickets for several years.

And it riles them that some successful applicants are making a quick buck by selling their tickets on the internet.

Mr Lopez said: "I've been trying for 7 years, yet people still sell tickets. Yesterday I went to internet just to get the location. And what I found out was: $450 per ticket, $250 per ticket, $350 per ticket."

Colonel Teo Jing Siong, Chairman, Executive Committee, NDP 2007, said: "We are working with some of the internet companies and we will try to trace those tickets. This is not easy, if we can we will bar them from applying for NDP ticket in future."

A check online found 4 tickets going for a total of $600 on Yahoo! Auctions, while a search on eBay had one ticket at $121.

"I won't buy it because I will encourage those people who sell online," said one Singaporean.

"If I can't get a ticket, I will watch live on TV," said another.

But where there's demand there will be supply, and there seems to be no shortage of people willing to pay for a ticket.

One said: "I would buy it to watch the NDP! it's once a year, and this year it's at the Marina new place right, it's not at Kallang anymore."

He added that he was prepared to pay up to $100 for the ticket.

Each ticket comes with a serial number tagged to the applicant's identity card number.

Organisers say anyone found to have bought a ticket will not be allowed to enter the parade grounds. - CNA/ch

 

 



Other singapore News
MOH to conduct health survey from March to June next year
More turn to sub-letting HDB flats
MM Lee says Singapore's economy may grow 3% next year
Chinese President Hu to make 3-day visit to Singapore next week
S'pore hopes to lay foundation for economies to emerge stronger
Health Minister expects foreigners to come to Singapore for H1N1 vaccine
Health Minister Khaw praises NKF's Kidney Live Donor Support Programme
Foreign media give APEC organising committee "thumbs up"
APEC guests & staff expected to consume 63 tonnes of food
Retailers near APEC Summit venue report dip in sales of up to 60%
Palliative care can be extended beyond cancer with increased awareness
Four blocks in Bukit Merah View to undergo Selective EnBloc Redevelopment
APEC officials discuss ways to make economic growth more inclusive
Applications for LKY Scholarships open
10,000 join in family day outing organised by Vasantham and PA
Frontier Community Place officially opens
Football: Geylang Utd edge out Bangkok Glass to win Singapore Cup final
Mercy Relief set up temporary classrooms for quake-hit Java
Haematologist suspended for failing to exercise due care
Man assaults ambulance crew in Jurong West
Horse Racing: El Dorado wins Singapore Gold Cup race

 

 
Affiliate Sites:
 
About Us  |  Contact Us  |  Advertise with Us  |  Terms & Conditions