An estate cleaner planting Singapore flags for National Day along Bukit Merah Central was spotted Wednesday evening using what seemed to be a garbage bin to keep the country's national symbols.
According to the Singapore Arms and Flag and National Anthem Act, it is decreed that no person shall treat the flag with disrespect.
One of the flags was spotted on the grass in front of the mobile garbage truck. This is also against the law as the national flag should not touch the floor or ground.
When contacted, Tanjong Pagar Town Council spokesperson Shirley Aloysius told Yahoo! Singapore that "the Bukit Merah Merchants Association hired a contractor to put up the national day flags within the town to celebrate National Day".
Phillip Tan, a volunteer with the Bukit Merah Merchants Association added that he supervised the planting of flags last night and said that the mobile garbage bin was used out of convenience. Full story
