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[TD="class: msgtxt"]Letter from Sanjay Bhatia
I REFER to Mr Chan Hean Boon's letter "Let's fly the Singapore flag" (Aug 3).

As a foreigner in this country, I am appalled that a Singaporean blatantly blames the influx of foreigners as a reason for the erosion of Singaporeans' love for their country.

Hanging flags outside flats does not reflect a love for the country. A flag is more than just a piece of cloth, to be counted. It is to a nation what a name is to a man. I know of a lot of countries that even have rules on how to hoist the national flag and how to respect the flag. People fight and die for their national flags.

I would like to remind Mr Chan what the Singapore national flag represents:

The Singapore National Flag consists of two equal horizontal sections, red above white. In the top left canton is a white crescent moon beside five white stars within a circle.

Each feature has its own distinctive meaning and significance: Red symbolises universal brotherhood and equality of man; white signifies pervading and everlasting purity and virtue; the crescent moon represents a young nation on the ascendant; and the five stars stand for the nation's ideals of democracy, peace, progress, justice and equality.

Lastly, as a foreigner, I respect Singapore and applaud the Government for building such a great nation. I have a number of Singaporean friends and colleagues and have never felt any hatred such as that shining through Mr Chan's letter.

It may do him good to take a step back and understand the meaning of the red colour in the flag that hangs outside his own home.[/TD]
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