Serious Joe Teo : Learning Malay language should be compulsory for all Singaporeans

[Rogue Trader]

Singlish is even more useless. It's spoken by a bunch of clowns.

Singlish is one of the most refined and efficient languages in the world. It does away with clumsy English tenses but retains the vocab. In 200 years the whole world will be speaking Singlish

 

[MyMother]

Does Jo Teo herself speak fluent Malay?

 

[borom]

I agree 100%. It is the National Language of the country EVERYBODY should be able to speak Malay.

To be a new shittyzen, is a must to be able to speak the National language, Majulah Singapura.

Agree 101%.
All locals MUST learn the NATIONAL LANGUAGE until PSLE-but mother tongue languages should be optional.
ALL applicants for citizenship must pass A NATIONAL LANGUAGE proficiency test before been given citizenship and all PR's must attend a NATIONAL LANGUAGE course.
Those who fail NATIONAL LANGUAGE at PSLE cannot work in civil service/SAF/stat boards and stand for political office.

PS: I'm not a Malay or a Muslim and do not have any Malay blood or relatives-but this is the MALAY ACHIPELAGO .

 

[pakchewcheng]

Agree 101%.
All locals MUST learn the NATIONAL LANGUAGE until PSLE-but mother tongue languages should be optional.
ALL applicants for citizenship must pass A NATIONAL LANGUAGE proficiency test before been given citizenship and all PR's must attend a NATIONAL LANGUAGE course.

I agree 110%

Sinkies must be forced for their own good.

In addtion to compulsory learning of Malay, it must be made compulsory for all Sinkies to return plates and trays after meals, in a clean condition.
Sinkies must wash the plates used (using detergent they got to supply) , to be inspected by JohnTan and crassloot people to see if standard is acceptable.
If not they will be rotan on the spot.

It will be compulsory that Sinkies all must subscribe to the Straits Times and Petir. All must subscribe and pay. Toddlers and nursing babies exempted.

It will be compulsory all Sinkies will be scapegoats. Our self styled leaders have helicopter vision and can see so far ahead that it is unreal.
Maybe only bomoh with special binoculars can see further than our dear leaders.

Any wrongs must be because of Sinkies stupidity. Who must naturally bear the blame so leaders can laugh all the way to their banks smiling away.

 

[winnipegjets]

Next, sinkees must read the Koran to help us appreciate the faith of our beloved President?

 

[kelton65]

Why the sudden surge in interest in learning Malay? Are we going to be a part of Malaysia soon?

Or has PAP realise they might lose the Malay vote because of halimah?

 

[glockman]

Honestly, fuck this Joe Teo. National Language and all it's romantic notions ought to be put to sleep forever. Only 13.4% of sinkie population are Malays. Because it's supposedly our National Language, 86.6% non-native Malay speaking must learn it? Even our Malay abangs know to speak English to non-Malays.

Being surrounded by Malay speaking countries doesn't mean we have to speak the fucking language. It's role as National Language is symbolic and to show solidarity with Malaysia and Indonesia. It isn't even on the list of top 10 most spoken languages in the world. Don't waste your time with it.

https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/the-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world

 

[eatshitndie]

we learned it in primary school. half an hour every day for 6.9 days a week. at the end of it, all i remember is "puki mak!"

 

[pakchewcheng]

Honestly, fuck this Joe Teo. National Language and all it's romantic notions ought to be put to sleep forever. Only 13.4% of sinkie population are Malays. Because it's supposedly our National Language, 86.6% non-native Malay speaking must learn it? Even our Malay abangs know to speak English to non-Malays.

How many of that 13.4% are Malays?
You know Pinoys are classified as Malay?
So you find Malay to be Roman Catholics and love to eat pork and can eat pork.
Cannot speak Malay but can speak Tagalog.

And we seen recently Indian can be Malay! Dunno if she speak Malay or not, or even if she eat bak kut teh.

 

[tanwahtiu]

Incompetent leader can come up w rubbish idea showed they hv cant solve problems but create more problems.

False flag.

 

[red amoeba]

The most powerful language in the coming years - in terms of power - Bahasa Spanish Chinese & money.

 

[zhihau]

I rather learn Spanish or Russian

Dah, dah, dah! You have Big Russian Soul!

 

[rectmobile]

To learn any language is a personal preference. It is not a national referendum to all people. I would rather learn Japanese and Thai.

 

[bobby]

We are already getting there. We have a Malay president.

we also have a islamic crescent in our flag.....

 

[whoami]

we also have a islamic crescent in our flag.....

Yup! Sinkies also serve 2 yrs islamic NS. Not happy can go fly ur china flag.

 

[scroobal]

Malay is an easy language to pick up. No need to follow school syllabus. If Singaporeans can carry out conversational Malay, they do business in Indonesia and Malaysia.

We are living in a sea of Malays, why not take advantage of it.

It seems much better than Singlish which people laugh about.

 

[apogee]

Malay can only be used in Malaysia. It is useless in Indonesia.

 

[bobby]

Honestly, fuck this Joe Teo. National Language and all it's romantic notions ought to be put to sleep forever. Only 13.4% of sinkie population are Malays. Because it's supposedly our National Language, 86.6% non-native Malay speaking must learn it? Even our Malay abangs know to speak English to non-Malays.

Being surrounded by Malay speaking countries doesn't mean we have to speak the fucking language. It's role as National Language is symbolic and to show solidarity with Malaysia and Indonesia. It isn't even on the list of top 10 most spoken languages in the world. Don't waste your time with it.

https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/the-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world

We all know LKY when got kicked out of Malaysia, he chose out of desperation:

a) Malay as national language
b) Malay as a President
c) Sarong Kebaya as national dress
d) Islamic crescent in national flag
e) National anthem in Melayu

This gahmen now as it is is famous for chopping and changing to suit the times...how about now change everything to Chinese?

 

[halsey02]

Malay was the third language we had to take in addition to English & Chinese, it was a non examination subject; this lasted through secondary school years. Ministry Of Education removed the compulsory 3rd language subject later on, don't know when they did. The kids these days, don't learn Malay at all unless it is their "mother tongue". I don't know if those who too Malay as their mother tongue, which we did Chinese , had to take Chinese as a third language, I never asked. I went on after school & took a small course with a certificate in Malay language for commerce & formal letter writing. That means that many people of my era, were tri-limgual, multi-dialect & a smattering of other languages too , like knowing how to swear in many of them.

The knowledge of Malay, is useful, especially of one have to go to Malaysia or Indonesia often. Knowing Chinese dialects is useful too, if one is travelling to countries within SEA & even Asia & beyond.

 

[yellowarse]

Malay can only be used in Malaysia. It is useless in Indonesia.

Rubbish. I've used Bahasa in Sumatra, Batam, Bintan, Bali, Jakarta and Bandung and have made myself understood everywhere I went, just with a slight change in pronunciation and adopting some local terminology. There are local dialects, of course, but since Suharto's time even your lowly uneducated Indonesian peasant is conversant in Bahasa.

Knowing the lingo helps not just in doing business in the region, but also in networking and cementing relationships. All the more so if you're an expat. I've a friend who had a whale of a time heading a division under the Widjaja group in Jakarta for three years because he knew enough Bahasa to get by. His wife suffered because she grew up in Singapore without learning a single word of Malay – couldn't even order stuff at the market in Bahasa.