A triband of light blue, white and yellow; an areca nut palm tree within the middle white band.
Designed by
C.K. Fook
The flag of Penang consists of three vertical bands and an areca-nut palm on a grassy mount in the centre. All three bands are of equal width. From left to right, the colour of each band is light blue, white and yellow.
The colours of the flag are derived from the tinctures of the coat of arms of Penang granted by King George VI in September 1949.[1] Light blue denotes the sea that surrounds Penang Island, white represents peace and yellow for the prosperity of the state.[2]
The areca-nut palm, known as pokok pinang in Malay, symbolises the tree from which Penang got its name. The tree and its grassy mount is centred within the middle white band.
The flag was slightly modified to its present form in the 1960s by removing a torse of blue and white at the bottom of the grassy mount.[3]
^"The Arms of the Federation of Malaya". The Commonwealth Relations Office Year Book. Vol. 9. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1960. p. 89.
^"Penang Flag". Southwest Penang Island District Land Office.
^"Penang (Malaysia)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
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