Sunny's World's video: Merlion Singapore 4K Ultra HD - Singapore Dairies

The Merlion (Malay: Singa-Laut) is a well-known marketing icon of Singapore depicted as a mythical creature with a lion's head and the body of a fish. It is widely used as a mascot and national personification of Singapore. Its name combines "mer", meaning the sea, and "lion". The fish body represents Singapore's origin as a fishing village when it was called Temasek, which means "sea town" in Javanese. The lion head represents Singapore's original name—Singapura—meaning "lion city" or "kota singa". The symbol was designed by Alec Fraser-Brunner, a member of the Souvenir Committee and curator of the Van Kleef Aquarium, for the logo of the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) in use from 26 March 1964 to 1997 and has been its trademarked symbol since 20 July 1966. Although the STB changed their logo in 1997, the STB Act continues to protect the Merlion symbol.Approval must be received from STB before it can be used. The Merlion appears frequently on STB-approved souvenirs. Together with the Little Mermaid of Denmark and Manneken Pis of Belgium, the Merlion is ranked in Japan as the 'Three Major Disappointments of the World' Subscribe us: http://bit.ly/1wgzkMz Like us: http://www.fb.com/followshortfilmadda Email Us: shortfilmadda@gmail.com