Flag of State of Penang - Pearl Of the Orient - (Pulau Pinang Mutiara Timur)

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 that was granted by King George VI in the 1940s. Light blue denotes the sea that surrounds Penang Island, white represents peace and yellow for the prosperity of the state.
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 first adopted in 1949 after Penang became a component state of the Federation of Malaya. 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.
(Bendera negeri Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, terdiri daripada tiga jalur menegak sama lebar sama biru muda, putih dan kuning; jalur putih di tengah-tengah mempunyai pokok pinang di atas rumput. Ia didasarkan kepada unsur-unusr yang wujud dalam jata negeri tersebut kurniaan Raja George VI. Bendera ini mula digunakan pada tahun 1949 selepas Pulau Pinang Penang menjadi sebahagian daripada Persekutuan Tanah Melayu. )