What is a Merlion in singapore?

What is Merlion and was it strucked by lightening ?






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fish with a lion head, or lion with a fish tail. nothing special however it is believe to bring good luck to singapore. IT had been relocated before building the bridge and yes, it had been struck with lighting before. Some people say that because the merliion do not like to face the IR (Casino)






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The Merlion in Singapore is a statue of a half-lion half-fish creature. It's just a well known statue along the waterfront. According to this article http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BN… yes it was struck by lightning this year.






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Merlion is iconic object for Singapore like the Big Ben of England and the Statue of Liberty of USA.... I have another interpretation for the lighting strike.... it reiterates the fact that Singapore is going to be run by PAP for a long time .......take a look at the logo at http://www.pap.org.sg/ ... it is "Lighting" core.....






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merlion is a figure which represents singaporean magic it's head is a lion and the body is a fish.
it is a mascot in singaporean matches.I have never heard of lightening struck merlion so i dont know anything .






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Merlion is a Symbol introduced by Tourism Board of Singapore in 1967. Basically it's to represent Singapore is a island Country, and also known as Lion City.