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PHOTOS: Singapore celebrates National Day with a parade at the Padang

A statue of Sir Stamford Raffles is seen as spectators watch fireworks explode during Singapore's 54th National Day Parade in Singapore August 9, 2019. REUTERS/Feline Lim
Fireworks exploding during Singapore's National Day Parade on 9 August 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Feline Lim)

SINGAPORE — Singapore celebrated 54 years of independence with a spectacle at the historic Padang.

Besides Singapore Cabinet ministers and President Halimah Yacob, also in attendance were the leaders of neighbouring countries – Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Bruneian Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.

Singapore's President Halimah Yacob (C) waves a Singapore national flag during the 54th National Day Parade in Singapore on August 9, 2019. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)        (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
President Halimah Yacob waving a Singapore flag during the National Day Parade. (Photo: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images)
People take photos as helicopters fly past with a Singapore flag during the 54th National Day Parade in Singapore August 9, 2019. REUTERS/Feline Lim
The helicopter fly-past at the National Day Parade in Singapore on 9 August 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Feline Lim)
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (centre 2nd L) and his wife Iriana (centre L), Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (C), Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (centre 2nd R) and his wife Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali (centre 3rd R) attend the 54th National Day Parade in Singapore on August 9, 2019. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)        (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Spectators watch a procession during the 54th National Day Parade in Singapore on August 9, 2019. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)        (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Spectators watching the National Day Parade in Singapore on 9 August 2019. (Photo: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Spectators react as fireworks explode during the 54th National Day Parade in Singapore on August 9, 2019. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)        (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Fireworks during the National Day Parade in Singapore on 9 August 2019. (Photo: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images)

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