reprenting

FlagofSingapore

Ithasanewmoonand5smallfive-pointedstarsabovetheleftcorner.

Theredreprentqualandfriendships,andthewhitesymbolizespurenessandvirtue.

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the5bigidealsofcountry:"democracy,peace,progress,justiceandequal."

Theratiooftheflagistwounitshighbythreeunitswide.

CoatofArmsofSingapore

TheNationalCoatofArmsofSingaporeistheheraldicsymbolreprentingthe

SoutheastAsianislandnationofSingapore.

Atthecentreoftheemblemisaredshieldbearingawhitecrescent(anewmoon,

reprentingarisingyoungnation)andfivewhitestars(reprentingvariousnational

idealsincludingmulticulturalism),supportedbyalionandatiger(reprenting

SingaporeandMalaysiarespectively);belowthemisablueribboninscribedwith

MajulahSingapura(马祖拉新加普拉)ingold,Malayfor"OnwardSingapore".

Singaporehadindependentandfoundedthestateon1965.

TheNationalDayofSingaporeisAugustNinth.

SingaporeestablisheddiplomaticrelationswithourcountryonOctoberthird

1990.

TheEnglishlanguagenameSingaporecomesfromMalaySingapura.

SingaporeisamixtureofanethnicMalaypopulationwithaChinemajority,aswell

asIndianandArabimmigrants.

nreligionsinSingaporeareBuddhism,

Taoism,Islam,ChristianityandHinduism.

TheofficiallanguagesofSingaporeareEnglish,Malay,MandarinandTamil.

Singaporeancuisineisanexampleofdiversityandculturaldiffusion,withinfluences

fromChine,Indian,MalayandTamilcuisine.

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