SSA Vice Chairman Tan Wei Lan received the National Day Parade 2013 Gold Award on behalf of Singapore Soka Association from Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen at the National Day Parade 2013 Appreciation Dinner held on August 23. In his speech, Defence Minister had this to say about SSA’s display: “I am very proud of your special acts. For example, the SSA act. Even today, Singaporeans are wondering how you did it. So I tell them there were no visual cues. The SSA contingent did not see anything to tell them when to flip the pieces on their clothing. It was all by counting. So if you started counting wrong, you would always be wrong. It required hours and days of practice. I was very proud of them.”
