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1:2 image by Clay Moss, 16 September 2005
District and Municipal Flags
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The 3 stripes on the Perak flag represent the 3 branches of the Perak royal family. The white stripe represents the Sultan, the yellow stripe represents the Raja Muda or Prince and the black stripe represents the Raja Di Hilir. In the Perak government, the Raja Muda will replace the Sultan and the Raja Di Hilir will replace the Raja Muda.
Giuseppe Bottasini, 13 August 1997
Flaggenbuch 1939 [neu39] shows the national flag of Perak as horizontally white-yellow-black, similar to current one.
Ivan Sache, 13 January 2000
According to the Flaggenbuch, the British Resident to Perak used a
swallow-tailed version of the Sultan's flag, while those to Selangor and Negeri-Sembilan
both flew a swallow-tailed version of the civil flag ("landesflagge"), but no
others are shown or listed.
Christopher Southworth, 1 March 2005
The state flag of the Perak (Malaysia) was established on the 1st of March
1879. For the process of adopting, see this website:
http://sembangkuala.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/council-minutes-saturday-1st-march-1879-flag-protocol.
Jos Poels, 23 August 2010
1:2 image by Ivan Sache, 13 January 2000
The 1992 facsimile edition [neu92] of Flaggenbuch 1939 [neu39], in the Corrections section, shows the jack as a flag divided per saltire, black, white, yellow, black.
Ivan Sache, 13 January 2000