Tag Archives: National Anthem

What do you think? Do you agree that Singaporeans nowadays show less respect to the national anthem? Will it help to make us sing it in the office everyday?

They tried a pun on their name and Singapore's national anthem, by naming the food "Maki Kita". This, of course, was a play on the first two words on our national anthem, "Mari Kita", but the sushi chain apparently did not know that Maki also means curse in Malay, Singapore's national language.

To celebrate SG50, the Singapore government is gathering 500,000 Singaporeans to sing the National Anthem simultaneously and recite the pledge on 9th August at 9AM across Singapore. This year's synchronized National Day Observance ceremony will be organized by the People's Association Grassroots Organisations.

A reader sent us a translation of a complaint by a Thai sports fan, who accused Singaporeans of not being respectful to their national anthem when Thai marathon runner Natthaya Thanaronnawat won the women's marathon event on Sunday.