Istana Park, the Festival Arch : general view
Photograph
30 Jul 2003
Photographed By M. Ashif Padili
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This is a front view of the Istana Park's centrepiece, a stainless steel structure over a pool. It is displayed in the photo with eight long red banners - each with a crescent and five stars - hanging down and eight mini white-and-red national flags in poles above the banners fluttering in the wind. In the foreground are colourful flowering shrubs while dwarf coconut trees provide a colour contrast to the red banners. Title devised by Library staff.
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2004.
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