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Flag History

red represents universal brotherhood, white for purity and virtue. The crescent stands for “ a young country on the ascent in its ideals of establishing democratic peace, progress, justice and euality as indicated by the five stars.”

Flag Date of Adoption

3 December 1959

Flag Symbolism

two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; near the hoist side of the red band, there is a vertical, white crescent (closed portion is toward the hoist side) partially enclosing five white five-pointed stars arranged in a circle

Singapore National Anthem

Listen to National Anthem
Anthem History	adopted 1965; first performed in 1958 at the Victoria Theatre, the anthem is sung only in Malay
Anthem Lyrics	Majulah Singapura Mari kita rakyat Singapura Sama-sama menuju bahagia Cita-cita kita yang mulia Berjaya Singapura Marilah kita bersatu Dengan semangat yang baru Semua kita berseru Majulah Singapura Majulah Singapura
Anthem Lyrics English	May Singapore Progress Let us, the people of Singapore Together march towards happiness. Our noble aspiration is to make a success of Singapore. Let us unite With a great new spirit Let us proclaim Onward Singapore! Onward Singapore

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