More National Day flag faux pas -- wait, isn't that the Malaysian flag?
National Day means more flags and more flags mean more flag foul-ups.
Stomper Randall shared photos of two Singapore flags improperly displayed in the hawker centre at Block 20 Ghim Moh Road.
They were hung back to back such that no matter which side you looked at it from, the flag you see is always facing the wrong way.
According to the National Heritage Board, when the national flag is hung, it should be hung against a vertical wall or other vertical flat surface with the crescent and stars on the top left position as seen by a person facing the national flag.
Well, at least they were flags of the correct country.
A video circulating online shows an array of Singapore flags on the facade of a Housing Board block with one that clearly was not like the others. It was the state flag of Malaysia.
One netizen was so incensed that she commented: "Not saying I am patriotic or what. If I see this, I will straight up tear down the Malaysia flag. And that's not a crime right?"
What definitely is a crime is the display of foreign national emblems in public, punishable by a fine not exceeding $500, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or both.
But Stomper Lester has a different kind of lament about flags during the National Day period.
"I was photographing views from my flat when I noticed that very few flags have been hung up," said the Stomper.
"Decades ago when I was a kid, more than 80 per cent of residents would display the flag proudly. What happened? What has caused Singaporeans to stop the practice?"
Perhaps Singaporeans are afraid of being called out for displaying the flag incorrectly?
