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    Flag of Singapore

    Flag of Singapore
    Two horizontal stripes of red over white, with a white crescent moon and five white stars in the canton.
    Country
    Singapore
    Capital
    Singapore
    Continent
    Asia
    Adopted
    1965
    Colours
    Red, White

    What does the flag of Singapore mean?

    The crescent moon represents a young nation on the ascendant. The five stars stand for the nation's ideals of democracy, peace, progress, justice and equality.

    Colours and what they stand for

    • Red

      Universal brotherhood and equality

    • White

      Pervading and everlasting purity and virtue

    History

    The flag was first unveiled on 3 December 1959. It was adopted as the national flag when Singapore gained full independence in 1965.

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