Keppel Corp winning NDP18 Cheer Competition with intrepid haka performance

Runaway lead.

Belmont Lay | July 27, 2018, 03:18 PM

Singaporeans are getting bowled over by what is perhaps the singular greatest company cheer in the 52.95-year history of this country.

Spicing National Day Parade 2018 up is the NDP18 Cheer Competition that pits the various formations against one another in what is essentially a shouting match with coordinated flailing hands.

In the lead as of July 27, three days after the videos came out on July 24, is the cheer by Keppel Corporation:

It has been viewed 25,000 times (but more than 30,000 and counting at the time of publishing), with the closest rival nowhere near:

The competition will be won by the video with the most number of Likes by the voting public:

Voting closes Aug. 5, 2018, 12pm.

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Why is the video winning?

Although the Keppel Corporation staff are not Maoris or New Zealanders, they put up a haka-inspired war cry cheer, in the spirit of Singapore's 53rd birthday.

Online reactions indicate that Keppel staff's incongruity captured the public's imagination.

However, to spread the national day spirit, here are the cheers by other formations that deserve recognition and appreciation:

Osim:

"I is for I-piah"

Singapore Army:

*Dab* because the "D" in NDP stands for Dab.