No, I do not think that the Melion is the most suitable icon of a singapore. It is true that the Merlion was founded due to the fact that Sang Nila Utamaro first saw a lion when he stepped foot in Singapore and since Singaproe was still a fishing village then, Merlion was then introduced as the icon of Singapore.
However,, in my perspective, I do not think that the Merlion is the most suitable icon of a Singapore. The most suitable icon should be referred as one thing which makes everyone in the world know who we are. But the thing is, most foreigners in other countries do not recognise Singapore by the Merlion, they recognise us by our unique language of Singlish. People know we are Singaporeans, just by hearing how we communicate with others.
The Merlion is a perfect despiction of our past, however, not our present and future. The Merlion situated in Singapore is just a famous tourist attraction which is visited by many people. However, that just makes the Merlion the 'most famous tourist attraction in Singapore', but not the best icon for us.
Thus, I do not think that the Merlion is the most suitable icon of Singapore as it only is a famous tourist attraction, a landmark for tourists to visit.
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