The above exactly says that. Can Malaysians who don't speak
mandarin work in an accounts department, socialise with fellow
co-workers? How would lunch time experience be like? If everyone
speaks mandarin and you don't - pretty lost isn't it?
I have known few of my friends who don't speak mandarin come to
work in singapore but after a few years they learn the lingo.
izzit Malaysian Chinese or Malaysian Malay? for me I have
never met a Malaysian Chinese who cannot speak Mandarin.
Cantonese and Hakka is so close to Mandarin that hardly there
is a chance for them not to understand Mandarin at all. Even
if they prefer Cantonese or Hakka, they will still know
Mandarin.
Unless you talking about Malaysian Malay lah