Lighting The Way to a Stronger, Drug-Free Singapore

        On 26 June 2025, Singapore demonstrated its united stand for the drug-free cause once again with the annual DrugFreeSG Light-Up. Marking the eighth year of this initiative organised by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), it continues to rally the community together to pledge their support for a drug-free world where everyone can live, work and play safely. 

2.     This year’s DrugFreeSG Light-Up saw various buildings and structures in Singapore, including iconic ones in the Marina Bay area, illuminated in green or white from 7.30pm to midnight. Green and white are the colours of the Anti-Drug Ribbon¹ which symbolises the nation’s unwavering stance against drugs, and it has also been adopted by ASEAN member countries as a symbol of the anti-drug movement. 

3.      In all, 48 partners participated this year, including two new partners supporting the DrugFreeSG Light-Up with their visible pledges for the first time². The Ministry of Digital Development and Information, the Ministry of Education and the People’s Association, who are members of the Inter-Ministry Committee (IMC) on Drug Prevention for Youths, also lit up their headquarters in support of a drug-free Singapore. The IMC was set up in August 2023 to develop a whole-of-Government response to tackle the growing drug problem among our youth.

Photos 1 - 2 (CNB): New locations, Mount Faber Leisure Group's Sky Helix Sentosa and Mount Faber Peak, illuminated in green for the DrugFreeSG Light-Up on 26 June 2025. 

Photo 3 (CNB): New participating partner, The National Gallery, illuminated in white for the DrugFreeSG Light-Up on 26 June 2025.

Photo 4 (CNB): Gardens by the Bay illuminated in green for the DrugFreeSG Light-Up on 26 June 2025.

Photo 5 (CNB): Parliament House illuminated in green for the DrugFreeSG Light-Up on 26 June 2025.

Photo 6 (CNB): Suntec City illuminated in green for the DrugFreeSG Light-Up on 26 June 2025.

Photos 7 - 9 (CNB): Iconic buildings and structures in the Marina Bay area illuminated in green for the DrugFreeSG Light-Up on 26 June 2025.

CENTRAL NARCOTICS BUREAU
26 June 2025

¹ See Annex A, for information on the Anti-Drug Ribbon and the symbolism of the colours.

² See Annex B, for the list of participating partners, iconic buildings and structures in the DrugFreeSG Light-Up 2025.

Annex A

THE GREEN AND WHITE “ANTI-DRUG RIBBON”

Colours of the ribbon signify
Health, Vitality and Strength

Domestically

First introduced during the launch of the 1996 National Anti-Drug Abuse Campaign – “Stay Clear – Drug Abuse Causes Permanent Damage to Your Body and Mind” organised under the banner of the National Council Against Drug Abuse (NCADA).

Internationally

Officially adopted in 2015 as the anti-drug abuse symbol at the Asia-Pacific Forum Against Drug (APFAD). It was later adopted as the symbol for preventive drug education and campaigns throughout ASEAN to spread a common message among youth and communities to be resilient against drug abuse at the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Drug Matters (AMMD) in 2016. 

ANNEX B

LIST OF PARTICIPATING PARTNERS, ICONIC BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN THE DRUGFREESG LIGHT-UP ON 26 JUNE 2025

1. ArtScience Museum;
2. Autobahn Ten Square;
3. Bukit Timah Road Truss Bridge;
4. Capitol Singapore;
5. Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay;
6. Gardens By The Bay;
7. HEB Ashram Halfway House;
8. Jewel Changi Airport – HSBC Rain Vortex;
9. Khoo Teck Puat Hospital;
10. Land Transport Authority (iconic bridges including Anderson Bridge, Benjamin Sheares Bridge, Cavenagh Bridge, Clemenceau Bridge, Coleman Bridge, Elgin Bridge, Esplanade Bridge, Helix Bridge, Jubilee Bridge);
11. Marina Barrage;
12. Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC);
13. Marina Bay Sands;
14. Marina Square;
15. Merlion at Merlion Park;
16. Millenia Tower;
17. Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI) Headquarters;
18. Ministry of Education (MOE) Headquarters;
19. Mount Faber Leisure Group (Cable Cars, [New] Mount Faber Peak, [New] Sky Helix Sentosa);
20. Nanyang Polytechnic;
21. [New] National Gallery Singapore;
22. Northpoint City;
23. Ocean Financial Centre;
24. One Marina Boulevard;
25. One Raffles Place (Tower 2);
26. OUE Bayfront/Tower;
27. Our Tampines Hub;
28. Pan Pacific Singapore;
29. Parliament House;
30. People’s Association Headquarters;
31. Pertapis Halfway House;
32. Plaza Singapura;
33. Republic Plaza;
34. Republic Polytechnic;
35. Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore;
36. Science Centre Singapore;
37. Singapore Flyer;
38. Singapore Management University;
39. Singapore Sports Hub;
40. SMRT (Bishan Depot, Changi Depot, Kim Chuan Depot, Mandai Depot, Raffles Place MRT, Tuas West Depot, Ulu Pandan Depot);
41. South Beach (Canopy);
42. Suntec City;
43. Tall Ship (Royal Albatross);
44. Temasek Polytechnic;
45. [New] The Fullerton Heritage;
46. The Fullerton Hotel Singapore;
47. Wisma Atria;
48. Yishun Community Hospital.