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Singapore is worse than a prostitute...
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culture is music, is art, is philosophy, its literature, its food, its a way of life, its a outlook of life, etc etc.
There's no such thing as an Asian language or an Asian culture. In context of Singapore, the native language is Malay, the rest are immigrant languages.
If anyone wants to promote so-called Asian or native roots, then it should be the Malay language and culture. Promoting Chinese is just bullying on numerical superiority.
If anyone wants to promote so-called Asian or native roots, then it should be the Malay language and culture. Promoting Chinese is just bullying on numerical superiority.
The problem with Singaporeans is they are not Ang Mohs but they aren't Chinese either. They actually don't know what they are.
My suggestion is simple.. call yourselves Singaporeans and learn to speak Malay.
The Peranakans assimilated very well. I'm sure the rest of Singapore can do the same if they set their minds to it.
My suggestion is simple.. call yourselves Singaporeans and learn to speak Malay.
The Peranakans assimilated very well. I'm sure the rest of Singapore can do the same if they set their minds to it.
i am not promoting chinese language. i am against this over emphasis on english language snuffing out the life of the asian language such as chinese language here.
sorry i have to disagree. there used to be lots of chinese here. but many of the people here in this country had been transform by the PAP govt into a weird shit not western nor asian race.
Should be better than PRC. You want Chinese Singaporeans to be culturally like PRCs?
I suspected your answer would be something along those lines. I have news for you my friend. If that's your definition, the PRC Chinese are fast losing their culture too.
In all the major Chinese cities, the dream of every Chinaman (and woman) involves being as Western as possible.
Go take a look for yourself. :p
u think chinese sporeans culturally superior than the prc? both more or less the same okay.
people all over the world making silly choices. so? its their loss.
LKY was right to make the English language the administrative medium for 2 primary reasons:
1. Political i.e. to avoid a probable 'fight' between Malays and Chinese;
2. Economic i.e. English was and still is the international commerical business lingua franca.
I for one have personally benefitted from the policy as it has been my global passport to getting very good paying jobs overseas, and there are many many other Singaporeans like me.
1. Political i.e. to avoid a probable 'fight' between Malays and Chinese;
2. Economic i.e. English was and still is the international commerical business lingua franca.
I for one have personally benefitted from the policy as it has been my global passport to getting very good paying jobs overseas, and there are many many other Singaporeans like me.
microsoft windows (all version) have got more than 90 percent market share. does that makes u wanna use their product? i don't. i will stick to my favorite linux distro linuxmint.
its not about the market share... if life is just about market share, decision making in life would be a breeze.
Aiyah puhleeze do not exaggerate ok. Have you not heard of SAP Schools? Clan associations?
Well they bloody well ought to be, this is not PRC. In fact I was quite pleased to see Tao Li speaking ok Singlish (enough for me) on the telly yesterday.
like i said to sam, let me repeat, life is not just about market share. if its just about market share, just about money, economic success, life's decision would be very easy. but life there are more to it . more to it than just economic success. more to it than just staying competitive (in business), staying global.
I suggest you go learn about Singapore's history, do not go back to Raffles, just start from post world war II onwards
yeah lah. of course unique. chinese here 75 percent of the population, but ditch chinese language like its some dirt like that. of course unique.
Aren't you the one who said that Chinese should be the language of choice because 75% of Singaporeans are ethnic Chinese???:p
You're making a bit of a fool of yourself you know. It's good to fight for a cause but the way you're twisting and turning, I suggest that Tamil or Hindi should be your language of Choice.
You'll hear no more from me. You're simply not logical.
Good point. The standards of all 4 languages were probably much higher pre Independence. Oh and majority of Singaporeans at that time were also able to speak a smattering of bahasa as well.
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