1. Do you
read Straits Times? If yes, why is that so? If no why is it that
you don’t read?
Yes, my teacher want us to read
the newspaper to improve our english understanding
That is like brainwashing naive students into buying into PAP
false propaganda. I disapprove.
Use English as dominant language in Singapore is a wrong policy.
It is not a correct policy.
Use English as dominant language in Singapore is an
irrational policy. It is not a rational policy.
Singapore economy was not build up using english. Lee Kuan Yew's
policies are all wrong in this regard.
The
largest Chinese dialect group in the late nineteenth century were
the Hokkien, who were traditionally involved in
trade, shipping, banking, and
industry.
The next largest group, the Teochiu, engaged in agricultural production and
processing, including gambier, pepper, and rubber production, rice
and lumber milling, pineapple canning, and fish
processing.
Cantonese served as artisans and laborers and a few made their
fortunes in tin. The two smallest groups, the Hakka and Hainanese,
were mostly servants, sailors, or unskilled laborers.
Because wealth was the key to leadership and social standing within
the Chinese community at that time, the Hokkien dominated
organizations such as the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and
supplied most of the Chinese members of the Legislative Council and
the Chinese Advisory Board.
http://countrystudies.us/singapore/6.htm
1. Do
you read Straits Times? If yes, why is that so? If no why is it
that you don’t read?
Yes, my teacher want us to read
the newspaper to improve our english understanding
Voice out to your teacher that ST is PAP propaganda mouthpiece.
Tell your teacher to use other more neutral material.
ST should be rejected as material for teaching english. My
english teacher used to criticise ST for lousy grammar also.