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Singapore Day is an event organised by the Overseas Singaporean Unit under the Prime Minister's Office to engage Overseas Singaporeans and their families. Held in cities with a significant community of Overseas Singaporeans, it is a single-day annual event designed to give Singaporeans a "slice of home while overseas" through food, performances, information updates on the situation in Singapore and career options to entice them to return to the country. Political leaders would often make unannounced visits, such as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's visit to the London event in 2014.〔http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/pm-lee-mobbed-sporeans-converge-londons-victoria-park-singapore-day-20〕 As at 2015, Singapore Day has been held eight times in five cities, starting with New York City in 2007. While the event has seen generally good turn-outs of between 5,000 to 12,000 with positive reviews amongst visitors, its multi-million price-tag to stage each event has come under scrutiny in Singapore where the costs involved were questioned in parliament.〔http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/more-singapore-stories/story/44-million-budgeted-singapore-day-2014-london-20140415〕 A controversy over admission to the 2013 event in Sydney also erupted when a local Australian accused the event of being "racist" and "outrageous", despite the event being a ticketed event and the man was turned away as he held no ticket.〔http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/more-singapore-stories/story/44-million-budgeted-singapore-day-2014-london-20140415〕 ==Programmes== Singaporean cuisine comprising local hawker fare is prepared and served at the event by Singaporean hawkers. Singaporean artistes and performers who have participated in Singapore Day include MediaCorp artistes, local comedians Hossan Leong and Jack Neo, singers Kit Chan and Rui En, rapper Sheikh Haikel, musical cabaret group Dim Sum Dollies, blogger mrbrown, actor Gurmit Singh and acoustic and percussion bands like The Great Spy Experiment, Jack and Rai and Bloco Singapura. Recruitment booths and showcase displays set up on the event grounds allow Singaporeans abroad to keep abreast with the latest developments and career opportunities back in Singapore. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Singapore Day」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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