How other countries celebrate their national day in Singapore. The UK High Commission celebrates their national day (the Queen’s Birthday) on their embassy ground [Link]. They usually invite local, British and foreign guests. British food is served and there is a bagpipe march The US Embassy celebrated the 237th anniversary of their Independence Day at the Ritz Carlton Hotel last year The High Commissioner of Malaysia to Singapore hosted a reception to celebrate the 56th anniversary of Malaysia’s independence at the Shangri-La Hotel last year. About 500 guests from all sectors of society attended the reception: diplomats, government officials, business people from trade and commercial sectors, academicians, students, representatives from civil institutions, and society leaders The Chinese Embassy celebrated the 64th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China at the Shangri-La Hotel as well last year You do not see these embassies organizing mass events in public places in Singapore and getting tons of negative reaction from Singaporeans. This is because these embassies are sensitive to the feelings of Singaporeans. They are also careful not to break the law of Singapore which prohibits the public display another country’s flag (unless exempted by the Singapore government) National Emblems (Control of Display) Act [Link] Display of national emblems in public or at schools prohibited 3.—(1) No person shall display in public or at or within any school any national emblem. (2) For the purposes of this section, an emblem shall be deemed to be displayed in public if it is displayed in any road, street, bridge, passage, footway or place over which the public or any class of the public has a right of way or to which the public has access, whether on payment or otherwise, or if it is displayed in such manner as to be visible from any such road, street, bridge, passage, footway or place by any member of the public using the same or being therein. It is not known if the Philippine Ambassador is aware of this. Note that the organizers of the celebration include the Philippine Embassy, as reported by the Philippine news media
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