* 1959 – The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.

includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Argentina 9, Australia 2, Austria 15, Belgium 9, Brazil 5, Canada 4, Cayman Islands 1, Chile 7, China 39, Croatia 11, Denmark 4, Ecuador 1, Estonia 1, Germany 437, Greece 154, Hong Kong 69, India 5, Indonesia 1, Israel 1, Italy 5, Japan 90, Latvia 20, Man, Isle of 5, Monaco 56, Netherlands 12, New Zealand 1, Nigeria 1, Norway 103, Pakistan 1, Portugal 5, Russia 66, Saudi Arabia 21, Singapore 20, Slovenia 1, South Africa 1, South Korea 10, Spain 2, Sweden 9, Switzerland 17, Taiwan 29, Turkey 3, Ukraine 4, United Arab Emirates 12, United Kingdom 39, United States 113, Uruguay 3, Vietnam 1 ( 2002 est.

On introducing budget flights between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, the stumbling block appears to be Malaysia's sympathy towards flag carrier Malaysia Airlines, and preference for the existing near duopoly with Singapore Airlines.

A flag of convenience registry: Japan owns 19 ships, Hong Kong 5, Cyprus 1, Denmark 1, Greece 1, Netherlands 1, Singapore 1, and UK 1 ( 1998 est.

The national flag carrier, Singapore Airlines, operates from Changi Airport Terminal 2 and 3.

The flag is similar to the flag of Poland and flag of Singapore.

According to George Yeo, the Foreign Minister of Singapore, in those days the Blue Sky with a White Sun flag was sewn in the Sun Yat Sen Villa or Wan Qing Yuan in Singapore by Teo Eng Hock and his wife.

The museum's exhibits collection includes a wide range of objects, organised into numerous smaller collections such as uniforms, badges, insignia and flags ( including a Canadian Red Ensign carried at Vimy Ridge in 1917, a Union flag from the 1942 British surrender of Singapore, and another found among the wreckage of the World Trade Center following the September 11 attacks ); personal mementoes, souvenirs and miscellanea such as trench art ; orders, medals and decorations ( including collections of Victoria and George Crosses ); military equipment ; firearms and ammunition, ordnance, edged weapons, clubs ( such as trench clubs ) and other weapons, and vehicles, aircraft and ships.

The national flag of Singapore was first adopted in 1959, the year Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.

Rules defined by the Singapore Arms and Flag and National Anthem Act govern the use and display of the national flag.

The Settlement of Singapore had no separate flag, although the city was granted a coat of arms which featured a lion in 1911.

During the occupation of Singapore by the Japanese during the Second World War, the Japanese national flag ( also called the Nisshōki or the Hinomaru ) was used on land by the military and during public events.

Soon after the Second World War, Singapore became an independent Crown colony and adopted its own flag.

Six months later, upon the installation of the new Yang di-Pertuan Negara ( head of state ) on 3 December 1959, the national flag was officially adopted, along with the state coat of arms and the national anthem Majulah Singapura (" Onward Singapore ").

Both of these symbols were combined to create the national flag of Singapore.

The process was formally completed on 16 September 1963, when the Malaysian flag was hoisted on Singapore by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.

1 Mbit / s was only recently introduced in 2006 and priced at BND $ 128 per month ( Equivalent to Singapore currency ).

In South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Malaysia, BCG was given at birth and again at age 12.

But in Malaysia and Singapore, from 2001, this policy was changed to once only at birth, and it was discontinued in South Korea.

In 1950, he was appointed Raffles Professor of History at the newly-established University of Malaya in Singapore.

In Singapore, Chung Cheng High School was named after him.

The first one was published by Chuang Yi in Singapore.

In Singapore, a public school that was established in 1953, was named after Admiral Beatty.

His ship was a new destroyer which he was to sail to Singapore and exchange for an older ship, HMS Wishart.

A personal high point was the reception of the Japanese surrender in Singapore when British troops returned to the island to receive the formal surrender of Japanese forces in the region led by General Itagaki Seishiro on 12 September 1945, codenamed Operation Tiderace.

Under Mountbatten's presidency and personal involvement, the United World College of South East Asia was established in Singapore in 1971, followed by the United World College of the Pacific ( now known as the Lester B Pearson United World College of the Pacific ) in Victoria, Canada, in 1974.

The event was created by the Singapore Floorball Association together with the cooperation of the Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation ( AOFC ).

Eleanor Jacques was now married and had gone to Singapore and Brenda Salkield had left for Ireland, so Blair was relatively isolated in Southwold — working on the allotments, walking alone and spending time with his father.

Gibraltar was a landing point of the long-range submarine cable that from Porthcurno, in the United Kingdom ran to Lisbon, Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria, Suez, Aden, Bombay, over land to the east coast of India, then on to Penang, Malacca, Singapore, Batavia ( current Jakarta ), to finally reach Darwin, Australia.

Gardner was unhappy with the working conditions and the racist attitudes of his colleagues, and when he developed malaria he felt that this was the last straw ; he left Borneo and moved to Singapore in what was then known as Malaya.

Arriving in Singapore, he initially planned to return to Ceylon, but was offered a job working as an assistant on a rubber plantation in Perak, northern Malaya, and decided to take it, working for the Borneo Company.

Although between 1914 and 1918 World War I was raging in Europe, its effects were little felt in Malaya, apart from the 1915 Singapore Mutiny.

He was encouraged in this by the director of the Raffles Museum ( now the National Museum of Singapore ) and by his election to Fellowship of the Royal Anthropological Institute in 1936.

An outstation in the Far East, the Far East Combined Bureau was set up in Hong Kong in 1935, and moved to Singapore in 1939.

However, it was the British, who after initially establishing bases at Jesselton, Kuching, Penang and Singapore, ultimately secured their hegemony across the territory that is now Malaysia.

The role of the president as the head of state has been, historically, largely ceremonial although the constitution was amended in 1991 to give the president some veto powers in a few key decisions such as the use of the national reserves and the appointment of key judiciary, Civil Service and Singapore Armed Forces posts.

By December 1998, Singapore ONE is available nationwide with the completion of the national fibre optics network.

Tamil is also a national language of Sri Lanka and an official language of Singapore.

There has been only one referendum in Singapore to date, which is the 1962 national referendum, deciding on the merger of Singapore into Malaysia.

Besides English, Singapore recognizes three other languages, namely, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and Malay as its official languages, with Malay being the national language.

Israel's national airline El Al does not fly to Singapore as Singapore is located in the region of Indonesia and Malaysia both of which are hostile to Israel and do not allow overflight rights for Israeli aircraft.

In Singapore the Mexican Wave is known as the Kallang Wave, and is widely seen as a symbol of Singaporean national identity.

It is routinely performed at football matches involving the Singapore national football team or Singapore LIONSXII.

In addition, national yo-yo contests, without regionals, are held every year by Mexico, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, France, Germany, Switzerland, The Czech Republic, Hungary, and Australia.

It is the national language of Indonesia ( as Indonesian ), Malaysia ( also known as Malaysian ), and Brunei, and it is one of four official languages of Singapore.

** Felicia Chin 陳靚瑄 / 陈靓瑄 ( 1984 -; born in Singapore ; Hakka pronunciation: Chin Ciang Sian ), Actress ; Female winner, Star Search, 2003 ; Member of the Singapore national softball team at the age of 15

The historic Raffles Hotel is a National monuments of Singapore | national monument

Singapore ’ s national carrier, Singapore Airlines, also serves satay to its First and Raffles Class passengers as an appetizer.

The UWC international organisation is a British based foundation and has twelve schools and colleges in Canada, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Norway, Singapore, Swaziland, the United States, the United Kingdom, Costa Rica, Bosnia and Herzegovina and, as of September 2009, a newly opened school in Maastricht, the Netherlands ; national committees in more than 130 countries ; a portfolio of short programmes running in numerous countries ; a network of more than 40, 000 alumni from more than 181 countries, and an International Office in London.

* The Crimson Sunbird is the national bird of Singapore.

File: VandaMissJoaquim. jpg | Vanda Miss Joaquim, the national flower of Singapore

His chances of a new contract were hindered however, when seeking games and match fitness, he traveled with his national team to play in a game against Singapore.

Kewell did not play for the national team for a year following the World Cup, and made his national-team comeback in a friendly against Singapore on 30 June 2007.