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With China set to become a global power, Singaporeans must have a good commend of the Chines language in a new environment where its use is likely to become more pervasive, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Lim Swee Say.
Speaking to a group of students at the Business China forum, Mr Lim urged them to take a greater interest in Chinese in order to interact and work with the mainland Chinese.
”Try not to impress the Chinese that you can be as Chinese, or even more Chinese than them. There are 1.3 billion China Chinese, so they don’t need another one more,” he said.
He also shared his ‘philosophy’ of dealing with the Chinese when he is in China:
“In other words, my own philosophy is that when I’m in China, I try to let them see the difference between us. I want them to know that I look at things differently. I look at the way how technology is being used, the way business is being run and so on differently.”
Singaporeans need to not make the long trip to China to see the difference – there is already a ‘mini-China’ in Singapore to allow them to do so.