According to the Reuters on November 25, the skimpy trunks sported by Singapore’s men’s water polo team at the Asian Games are causing denounce back home, with many embarrassed by their design。

　　The trunks display the Singaporean flag's white crescent moon and several stars on the front of the red briefs in what has been described as an inappropriate fashion。

　　The design -- lambasted by readers of Singapore's Straits Times newspaper as "disgusting", "nauseating" and "disgraceful" among other terms -- had not been approved by the country's Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts (Mica)， which governs the use of the flag。

　　"There are a thousand ways to show patriotism, but regrettably, the chap who designed these trunks chose to do it in this disgusting and disrespecting way," one post read on the Straits Times website。

　　Jose Raymond, the Singapore delegation's head of public relations, said the team were "apologetic if they've offended anyone in any way... they meant the flag no disrespect."

　　新加坡“国旗短裤”惹争议

　　据路透社25日报道，新加坡水球队在亚运会上所穿的游泳短裤在新加坡国内激起一片声讨，很多人认为短裤设计让他们“颜面尽失”。

　　短裤以红色面料为背景，正面是新加坡国旗上的新月和几颗星星，人们认为这个设计“太不恰当了”。

　　这一设计不仅被《新加坡海峡时报》的读者斥为“恶心”、“让人作呕”和“丢人”等等，也遭到管理国旗使用的新加坡信息产业部、新闻通讯部以及艺术部的反对。

　　有网民在《新加坡海峡时报》上发帖称，“表达爱国的方式有上千种，但非常遗憾的是，设计师却选择用这种最恶心、不尊重国旗的方式来表达。”

　　新加坡代表团负责公关关系的何塞•雷蒙德表示，如果水球队“因此触犯了别人，他们感到非常抱歉，…… 他们也不想对国旗不敬。”