Hum, ndp consisted mostly of a big military parade (seen from a video screen on remote Orchard Road); obviously the Singaporeans are quite proud of the conscription army (they have a compulsory 2-year-education for all men and then subsequent courses; comparable to Switzerland, except that our terms are much shorter:-). However, their active duty soldiers just make 70'000 and the reservists 300'000 (at least if I understood the ads correctly on the big screen at noisy Orchard).
They seemed to have invested quite heavily in technology/military equipment (F-16 even with Block 52 standard, F-15, Longbow Apaches) but still drive around with some old stuff (AMX and M-113 "coke bins" due to their light armor). They even have the Swiss Oerlikon 35mm cannon:-)

Unfortunately, I haven't seen the fireworks (which reportedly only lasted for short 10 minutes) as I was having Chinese dinner. Apparently, it seems (at least to me) ridiculous that Singaporeans are denied of buying or owning fireworks (that's probably the reason why everbody wanted to grab a ticket for the official show on the Marina as they have been distributed to an online bidding process).

I finished the evening at the Riverside/Clarke Quay area where a lot of nice pubs/bars etc. wait to be explored by well-equipped wallets.