NDP Celebrations

Hi All,

This is a reminder to all tikes regarding the NDP Celebrations. Our School will be organizing activites for everyone to enjoy and also, we are able to wear our home clothes to school. However, our home clothes must be with the primary colour red, and white.

Now, do any of you know what does the colours of the Singapore flag represent? Let me share with you the history of our flag.

The national flag of Singapore was first adopted in 1959, the year Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire. It was reconfirmed as the national flag when the Republic gained independence on 9 August 1965. The design is a horizontal bicolour of red above white, charged in the canton by a white crescent moon facing, toward the fly, a pentagon of five small white five-pointed stars. The elements of the flag denote a young nation on the ascendant, universal brotherhood and equality, and national ideals.

The national flag is not used as an ensign by vessels at sea. In its place, one of three derivatives of the national flag is used, depending on a vessel's status: merchant vessels and pleasure craft fly a civil ensign of red charged in white with a variant of the crescent and stars emblem in the centre; non-military government vessels such as coast guard ships fly a state ensign of blue with the national flag in the canton, charged with an eight-pointed red and white compass rose in the lower fly; and warships fly a naval ensign similar to the state ensign, but in white with a red compass rose emblem.

Rules defined by the Singapore Arms and Flag and National Anthem Act govern the use and display of the national flag. These rules have been relaxed in order to allow citizens to fly the flag from vehicles during national holidays and from homes at any time of the year.

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is important for all Singaporeans to know about our country. If you had no idea about the history for our beloved country or even Sir Stamford Raffles, you will be just like a leaf which does not know that it is part of a tree. So, do you now have a clearer idea on the history of Singapore???

STOP WOLF-GAME, START TO LEARN ABOUT OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY!

Your friend,
Meng Hon

(If you hate to read books on the Singapore's history, you may watch videos as well. One very good example will be The Little Nyonya. It talks about the time where World War 2 is happening.)