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Keywords: singapore | uniformed youth organisations | youth organizations |
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There are nine uniformed youth organisations (UYOs) in Singapore with school students making up the bulk of its members:
The general-use and ceremonial flags/colours of the National Cadet Corps,
the National Civil Defence Cadet Corps, and the National Police Cadet Corps are detailed on
my website. Here I mention of the flags of the other
uniformed youth organisations which have international affiliations.
Herman Felani M.Y., 25 December 2009
The Red Cross uses the
international red cross couped on a white field as its flag generally and for
parade purposes if necessary.
Herman Felani M.Y., 25 December 2009
![[St. John Ambulance]](../images/i/int-stja.gif)
by Jonathan Dixon, 3 November 1999
The
flag of the brigade is similar in practice to its international counterparts.
There is the general-use flag (black field charged with the white Maltese
cross with unicorns and lions). The ceremonial flag (Colour) is fringed and
tasseled.
Herman Felani M.Y., 25 December 2009
The flag used by the Girl Guides in Singapore is
the flag of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, featuring
the the gold trefoil symbol in the canton on a bright blue field with
gold/yellow blocks and white blaze in the lower fly. The flag is used for
general and parade purposes.
http://www.wagggsworld.org/en/resources/photos/15.
Herman Felani M.Y., 25 December 2009
![[Boys' Brigade Singapore]](../images/s/sg_bb.gif)
image by Herman Felani M.Y., 25 December 2009
The
Boys' Brigade uses the anchor and red cross badge like its international
counterparts. For a flag for use at the organisational-level, the badge is
placed at the centre of a dark blue field. The text "Singapore" is placed
beneath the badge along the base of the flag in capital letters and in
yellow. The flag is used for general
and parade purposes. While the image above is the flag to represent
the brigade as a whole in Singapore, there are also company flags which I
have not covered here. I will try to cover them sometime in the future.
Herman Felani M.Y., 25 December 2009
![[Girls' Brigade Singapore]](../images/s/sg_gb.gif)
image by Herman Felani M.Y., 25 December 2009
The Girls' Brigade uses the torch,
lamp, and cross badge like its international counterparts. Foe a flag for use
at the national-level, the badge is placed at the centre of a dark blue
field. The flag features two lines of text. At the chief/top of the flag, the
title of the brigade in capital letters and in yellow, "The Girls' Brigade".
The base of the flag is inscribed with the text "Singapore" in capital
letters and in yellow. The flag is used for general and parade purposes. Like the
Boys' Brigade, there are company flags for the individual units of the Girls'
Brigade across Singapore. I will try to cover them sometime in the future.
Herman Felani M.Y., 25 December 2009
See Singapore Scout Association
The flags are
flown/displayed/paraded second to the national flag when necessary such as
at their headquarters (the National Cadet Corps, National Civil Defence Cadet
Corps, National Police Cadet Corps have other policies in place, such as the
inclusion of the Singapore Armed Forces Flag, the Singapore Police Force
Flag, or the Singapore Civil Defence Force Flag as well). The flags of all
nine uniformed youth organisations are paraded during the opening ceremony of
the Singapore Youth Festival which occurs once in two years. At such events,
the Singapore national flag, and the Ministry of Education flag is also
paraded with the nine organisations' flags, and sometimes the flag of the
Co-Curricular Activities Branch as well.
In the matter of precedence,
there seems to be variations and determination of order is unclear with the
exception that the parade organiser's flag takes precedence. At the 2006
opening ceremony, the flag order was (excluding the Singapore and
Ministry of Education flags) National Police Cadet Corps (parade organiser), National
Cadet Corps, National Civil Defence Cadet Corps, Boys' Brigade, Girls'
Brigade, Girl Guides, Red Cross, Scouts, and St John's Ambulance Brigade.
At the 2008 ceremony, the flag order was (excluding the Singapore and
Ministry of Education flags), National Cadet Corps (parade organiser), Boys'
Brigade, Girls' Brigade, Girl Guides, National Police Cadet Corps, Red Cross,
Scouts, St John's Ambulance Brigade, and National Civil Defence Cadet Corps.
Here are some links where the flags are seen paraded together at the
Singapore Youth Festival opening ceremony.
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http://www.ncc.org.sg/ncc/images/stories/Report/IMG_0886.JPG
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/leonardlms/2834980883/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/leonardlms/2835830904/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Herman Felani M.Y., 25 December 2009
I thought it would be interesting to do a simple statistical summary of flag design for the nine uniformed youth organisations of Singapore like what I did for the Australian police services. This excludes subdivisional/unit/company-level flags.
Herman Felani M.Y., 25 December 2009
