Brunei’s Sultan, Jokowi and Mahathir to attend NDP 2019
From left: Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad have accepted Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s invitation to attend the National Day Parade on Aug 9, 2019.
SINGAPORE — The leaders of Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia will attend the Singapore Bicentennial edition of the National Day Parade (NDP) this year, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said.
Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad have accepted Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s invitation to attend this year’s parade.
“Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia are close neighbours and friends of Singapore and we have deep historical ties with these countries,” PMO said in a statement on Wednesday (July 3).
This marks only the second time since 1969 that foreign leaders will be attending the event here.
The previous occasion was in 2015 — Singapore’s 50th year of independence — when the parade was attended by former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, former New Zealand prime minister John Key and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, among others.
