The current <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Singapore" id="mwsQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Flag of Singapore">flag of Singapore</a> is adopted, six months after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore" id="mwsg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> became self-governing within the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" id="mwsw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>.