12th Parliament saw many MP speak Mandarin

[HedgeTrader]

new zealand is used to be called 纽西兰，now, 新西兰

How come 纽约 not called 新约 LOL

 

[zhihau]

" 我们一起讲华语！"

can still remember the speak mandarin campaign

 

[cass888]

Indonesia has always been 印度尼西亚, just shortened in the past to 印尼
澳洲 is technically Australia the continent. 澳大利亚 is Australia the country.
Rice and New Zealand I agree with you.

aiya wayang for the new citizens mah....mostly PRCs..

and for those who follow Chinese news, you would already have noticed that the media has changed certain names to be in line with what they do in PRC...

for example:

indonesia is used to called 印尼， now, 印度尼西亚 KNN...so awkward
australia is used to be called 澳洲， now, 澳大利亚
rice is simply known to be 白米，now, 大米 - wtf is that?

new zealand is used to be called 纽西兰，now, 新西兰

CCB...why must we changed our terminology to suit those PRCs?　Since when you cut the foot to fit the shoe?

 

[red amoeba]

How come 纽约 not called 新约 LOL

bcos PRC still call it 纽约.

technically it shld be 新约克

 

[jw5]

Aiyah, they speak mandarin so that the newly minted prc-residents can understand and the newly minted p-resident cannot understand lah.

 

[lianbeng]

can still remember the speak mandarin campaign

lianbeng says, "大家说华语！"

国家要进步、语言要沟通
就从今天起、大家说华语

 

[wikiphile]

bcos PRC still call it 纽约.

technically it shld be 新约克

or for customs its 关卡 but always pronounced as Guan Chia, chia the PRC cheebye lah!

 

[lianbeng]

or for customs its 关卡 but always pronounced as Guan Chia, chia the PRC cheebye lah!

lianbeng says, "卡" is pronounced as "ka" lah. dun believe u type "ka" in ur chinese text.

 

[zhihau]

国家要进步、语言要沟通
就从今天起、大家说华语

听一听，记一记，就从今天起、大家说华语

and the slogan was 华人华语

 

[moolightaffairs]

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knn! this song izzit!

 

[zhihau]

knn! this song izzit!

ahahahahahahaha!!! yes!!!

 

[steffychun]

Why not speak Hokkien, Cantonese and all the dialects? Sure will have swear words. Does Mr. Eurasian Speaker understand what they are saying?

 

[Ramseth]

or for customs its 关卡 but always pronounced as Guan Chia, chia the PRC cheebye lah!

Guanqia 关卡。It's the standard pronunciation whether PRC, ROC or Singapore. Some characters have variable pronunciations. Another example is 着 which can be zhuo or zhao depending on the accompanying character forming the compound word.

 

[melzp]

Should all the way English. So wat if want to impress new prc
or MM advice? All new citizen must pass English.

I notice that Zaqy spoke Malay; kind of buay song.
In yrs to come, Im sure ALL in England.

 

[hairylee]

You are all wrong. They are speaking Mandarin because of Chen Show Mow.
They are just making it clear to Mr Chen that they can take him on in Mandarin.

 

[Blazars]

indonesia is used to called 印尼， now, 印度尼西亚 KNN...so awkward
australia is used to be called 澳洲， now, 澳大利亚
rice is simply known to be 白米，now, 大米 - wtf is that?

new zealand is used to be called 纽西兰，now, 新西兰

CCB...why must we changed our terminology to suit those PRCs?　Since when you cut the foot to fit the shoe?

Bro. Thanks for this info. I dont watch TV much. Was watching Ch 8 news with family, then got this new "australia". I was wondering if i heard wrong or did the newscaster pronouce wrongly. Now i know why.

Do we have to change everything we know just to bring in those 3rd world rubbish from PRC n India??!!! What is happening to our beloved Singapore??

 

[HedgeTrader]

I notice that Zaqy spoke Malay; kind of buay song.
In yrs to come, Im sure ALL in England.

You are all wrong. They are speaking Mandarin because of Chen Show Mow.
They are just making it clear to Mr Chen that they can take him on in Mandarin.

CSM Chinese and English both better than them all. So they boh pian pull out Zaqy to speak Malay LOL

 

[kingrant]

What we should be seeing is more PAP MPs doing and the Opp MPs talking!

PAP MPs have been talking since they went in by the back doors, with the Ministers holding the doors open, like highly paid commissionaires.

 

[Robert Half]

What we should be seeing is more PAP MPs doing and the Opp MPs talking!

PAP MPs have been talking since they went in by the back doors, with the Ministers holding the doors open, like highly paid commissionaires.

GRC system ensured these people can enter the Parliament without needing to sweat

 

[cass888]

GRC system ensured these people can enter the Parliament without needing to sweat

Don't forget Faisal Abdul Manap.