Upside-down national flag seen at Tampines CC
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Upside-down national flag seen at Tampines CC
my paperBy Shaun Tan
THE Tampines Central Community Centre (CC) has come under fire from irate netizens, after a photograph of a national flag hung upside down outside its premises was posted online.
The flag was among others hoisted correctly on metal poles outside the premises in Tampines Street 83.
Mr Christopher Chia, who waited in the CC's office last Saturday, while his daughter attended ballet class, snapped the photo and posted it on citizen-journalism website Stomp.
Mr Chia, 43, a sales manager, said: "A man went into the CC's office to notify the staff that the flag was upside down. He was pretty peeved, and demanded that the issue be attended to immediately."
He added that the staff member confirmed that the flag was upside down, before getting the caretaker who raised it to rectify the mistake.
Netizen pyjstein said: "Flying flags upside down is an internationally recognised signal of distress."
In a statement to my paper, the People's Association (PA) confirmed that the incident took place last Saturday.
A PA spokesman said: "The Singapore flag should be treated with utmost respect at all times."
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getting worse.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
getting worse.
This is Tony Tan's election banner over Singapore flag.
Choose between Tony Tan or Singapore. hahahahha
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Upside down Singapore flag , bad omen! Is that telling us something?
and it is hung at the premises of Tampines CC , ironical indeed.
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Actually I do not think it is upside down. I think it has merely been covered by the other poster.
Ok well, I thought it was the picture below.
However I do not think that people need not be angry as such a mistake can be rectified.
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Originally posted by Beautiful951:
Actually I do not think it is upside down. I think it has merely been covered by the other poster.
Ok well, I thought it was the picture below.
However I do not think that people need not be angry as such a mistake can be rectified.
Coincident? Now being the National day month.
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lol....maybe hanged by disgruntled employee.
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My house nearby got one hang upside down. Tony Tan is too much for blocking the national flag. And nowadays National day, there's a lot of RC flags, it's NDP or RC day.
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
lol....maybe hanged by disgruntled employee.
I think if PAP continues the relentless immigration, sooner or later the Norway iccident might happen here. Or the rise of right wing political parties in Europe might happen in Singapore. Two possible scenarios. Luckily Singapore harder to get guns compared to USA and european countries. -
Originally posted by Domo Kun:
I think if PAP continues the relentless immigration, sooner or later the Norway iccident might happen here. Or the rise of right wing political parties in Europe might happen in Singapore. Two possible scenarios. Luckily Singapore harder to get guns compared to USA and european countries.The PAP govt is not afraid of such happening. They are over confident it is impossible to happen here afterall the Singaporeans are so kiasu kiasee kiachenghu.
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Happened before, during colours when I was serving my nation....the offender was given seven weekend extras. No questions asked.
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then the offender that hanged the flag upside down can be given a 7 weekends hanging flags.
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Originally posted by SBS2601D:
Happened before, during colours when I was serving my nation....the offender was given seven weekend extras. No questions asked.
7x extra is actually pretty lenient.
Once during CO parade, the flag bearers screwed up big time. They put the national flag on the right flagpole instead of the central flagpole.
My CO gathered all of the flag bearers and threatened them with DB. In the end, he decided to go easy on them..... by giving them 21x extra.
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Originally posted by fudgester:
7x extra is actually pretty lenient.
Once during CO parade, the flag bearers screwed up big time. They put the national flag on the right flagpole instead of the central flagpole.
My CO gathered all of the flag bearers and threatened them with DB. In the end, he decided to go easy on them..... by giving them 21x extra.
Mine is regular personnel screw up....must be more lenient........not only for face, but for morale within the family.
Wasn't one of our Serve and F-off personnel.
7x weekend is quite jialat for them.
Its actually quite easy to make that mistake when you are tired. I once hooked the flag up wrongly. Thanfully, out of habit, I made a last minute check when they called out "1 minute to colours"....and HORRORS, the flag was hooked upside down. And I fumbled to correct it and sweat buckets.
But the worst incident I had was when the c*cksters painted the flagpole and then hauled up the flag before the paint dried. And when it was sunset, I found that the flag could not be lowered and my flag was left waving merrily past 7 30pm till 3 of us managed to prise the string out of the solidified paint. Much to the horror of the conducting officer.
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Originally posted by fudgester:
7x extra is actually pretty lenient.
Once during CO parade, the flag bearers screwed up big time. They put the national flag on the right flagpole instead of the central flagpole.
My CO gathered all of the flag bearers and threatened them with DB. In the end, he decided to go easy on them..... by giving them 21x extra.
21x extra?! If one every week, that's not far from a whole year sia!!
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Yah in army you screwed up wan dan. Japan flag best, hang anyway also correct. UK flag also.
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How long has the flag been up side down before it was spotted?
Do CCs raise and lower the flag daily, such that it is only the day's mistake.
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Originally posted by Loor:
21x extra?! If one every week, that's not far from a whole year sia!!
One month has four weeks. So 21x extra is just over five months.
As harsh as that was, it was either that or three weeks of DB.
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yar...i meant it would feel like a large part of the year and never ending! That often sure become custom to it already.
Yes, better than DB i guess.
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And I am waiting to here how this is caused by an FT.
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Vote Tan Jee Say if you do not want another puppet President. If you want a second President Ong Teng Cheong, vote TAN JEE SAY!
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Tan Jee Say cannot be another Ong Teng Cheong. No way.
TJS is not from the PAP as OTC was, and TJS has no respect for the Office of the Presidency, as OTC has. TJS made the PE an extension of the GE.
Please do not insult the late OTC.
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TanJS - failed in pap GCT office. failed in one opposition election. now running for rpesident. what he can do, what he wants in life actually? just to oppo? Move manufacturing out of sg, sounds familiar?
Tanhi-five - too rich, excess mkoney to champaigm high five. i am lookin for president, not any rap-rock-star
TonyT - worng things he said - give the cheap floor traps a break
Tan Cheng Bock - i voted for him
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Originally posted by mancha:
Tan Jee Say cannot be another Ong Teng Cheong. No way.
TJS is not from the PAP as OTC was, and TJS has no respect for the Office of the Presidency, as OTC has. TJS made the PE an extension of the GE.
Please do not insult the late OTC.
Is there an issue that TJS is not from PAP?