Singapore Youth Festival

Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) is a biennial Singaporean event to showcase student's talents in performing arts in the country.

The SYF was first launched on 18 July 1967 by then President of Singapore Yusof Ishak, and was initially a two-week affair involving 24,000 students that year.

The launch was part of a drive at that time to "cultivate the human resource" as espoused by then Minister for Education Ong Pang Boon, although nation-building agendas were not too distant.

Public performances at locations such as the National Museum of Singapore, the Chinese Garden, the Jurong Bird Park and shopping malls such as Parkway Parade were introduced from 1991.

It was hosted by the National Police Cadet Corps, with the theme "Torch of Friendship", as a tie-up for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.

Grand finale of the Singapore Youth Festival 2006 Opening Ceremony.
Panoramic view of the proceedings of the Singapore Youth Festival 2006 Opening Ceremony from the grandstand of the National Stadium.