SINGAPORE – Tickets to National Day Parade (NDP) 2024 and its preview shows are strictly not for sale or exchange, warned the NDP organising committee on July 12.
The warning came after NDP tickets were spotted being sold online for as much as $100 each. But when The Straits Times checked on July 13 morning, some of the listings had already been deleted from platforms such as Facebook and Carousell.
“To all our followers, it has come to our attention that there are NDP tickets being sold on online platforms,” said the National Day Parade executive committee (NDP Exco) on its official NDPeeps accounts on Facebook and Instagram.
The statements cautioned members of the public against buying such tickets, instead encouraging interested parties to participate in ongoing contests and giveaways to stand a chance to win tickets to the parade, or other prizes.
“I saw tickets to NDP 2024 sold online. Is it safe to purchase them?” read a question on the AskGov platform, where members of the public can ask questions and receive answers from government agencies.
An official reply by NDP Exco reiterated that the tickets should not be purchased through unauthorised channels, as these pose a high risk of fraud or scam.
“Tickets obtained from such sources will be rendered void, and those holding such tickets will be denied entry to the venue,” said the committee.
“If you come across any unauthorised sale of tickets, please report it to the NDP 2024 committee or to the authorities.”
Another reply to a similar question stated that action will be taken against offenders who do so.
ST has contacted the authorities for more information.
Ticket application to the parade has already closed. Successful applicants should have already been notified between June 21 and 25 via e-mail, with such notifications only coming from [email protected].