On a side note, it is interesting to see that there is still no change in the number of houses flying the flats despite the change in the economy. Perhaps it is worthy to note that the economy has little to do with the current situation?

People who has watch Spiderman Part 3 will know that good Superman wears red attire, whereas the evil Spiderman aka Venon wears black. I will only put the flag if the flag is painted Black instead of RED, because this is really the what of PAP is ! A venom !

In the not too distance Past: “If the goverment ask me to do then I will do else bo chap”

At present: “If the government offer me incentive to do it, then i will else bo chap”

Incentives can buy loyalty of voters, it can also be used to purchase patriotism

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Lets hope that Singaporeans who equate the flag with being supportive of any political party will understand that the flag represents something else, something more important.

And that whatever one may think of anyone, or any system, that the flag stands for something which transcends that.

Regards,
Andrew

If I wish I can display the national flag. If I don’t, I don’t want people to pressure me to do so. It is my right. Without a flag flying, it does not mean I am anti Singapore.

I am a proud Chinese Singaporean. Our tiny country is the Patmos Island in South East Asia.

See my blog at http://kewkahfatt.blogspot.com/ – A Voice From Singapore.

But after that, I got sick and tired and refused to put up any
more. Then the RC people came to put it up for me, also every
year, until I move out of the constituency.

Now, in my present constituency which is a new estate, no RC
people bother to come and put up the flag for us. I can only
see a few miserable flags hanging out. not more than ten.

Yes, if we see the gesture as a hope we hold for the future, and no if it is just to put up a facade to show that we are all one big happy family celebrating our country’s birthday.

Actually, looking out my window and the HBD block neigbouring mine, I see a lot of national flags being displayed. However, the question is, as I have asked in this old blog entry of mine, who are the ones hanging out these flags?

That aside, I suppose that one possible reason why people are not displaying the national flag on their own accord could be that they perhaps see it as a state symbol which they have little emotional attachment and/or identification with.

Indeed, based on my own observation, education about national symbols, such as the national flag, national anthem & national pledge, perhaps remain on quite a superficial level, resulting in little awareness of the significance of these symbols.

Also, it seems to me that the extensive rules & regulations pertaining to the use of these national symbols could have resulted in people seeing them more as state symbols (like the Singapore Coat of Arms) than as Singaporean symbols.

Yet, that said, I think we need to note that the displaying of national flags is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition of patriotism in Singaporeans. In other words, one may display the national flag outside one’s house but that does not necessarily mean that he/she is patriotic and vice versa.