Every year on 15 February, the day Singapore fell to the Japanese in 1942, Singapore commemorates Total Defence Day to remind Singaporeans that everyone has a part to play in defending our country. In 2009, we will be commemorating 25 years of Total Defence with a key difference. I think I will defence Singapoe as well as the citizens living there.They are important because if our country is at war and all our people there is not working together, our country will be easily defeted. We must all lend a helping hand and work together as one. Like they say,"One hand is better than two". So we must all strive hard to save and protect our country and unite as one people, one nation, one Singapore!