Click clock click clock..what is that across my bridge?
China rises up to USA/EU/JAP or even Taiwan standard of living?
Read my other thread "I don't understand the rise of China" here.
http://sgforums.com/forums/8/topics/398285
Not in this lifetime even with the BEST CASE
SCENARIO. China will have a big ecnonomy simply because it has
1/4 of the world's people but its GDP per capita will remain very
low (African level) for next few decades and its people will be
dirt poor still. It is just a pipe dream you are living, in
your own world, dreaming up scenarios.
Even if China becomes the biggest economy in earliest 3 decades
time (best case scenario again), it will never overtake the
economies of all english speaking countries, hence, the utility of
English will still be much higher than Mandarin. The economy of
English speaking countries will ALWAYS be AT LEAST 100times that of
Mandarin speaking ones.
Just as it is possible that China will rise, it is
also VERY possible China will fall even lower. Another "tian
an men" or "great leap forward". Another mass riot, (there are
thousands in china yearly) or famine or just political strife since
its political system is so unstable.
Anyway, China has nothing to do with Singapore. Singapore will
still remain an English society. You can't speak English? No
good jobs, no education, no nothing for you.
Being proficient in more than one language is good but not
neccessary. And why Mandarin? Why not Spanish or Japanese? Japan is
the third largest economy and has a lot of yummy technology to
learn. Spanish is a useful language that many countries speak.
I am "elitist" yes. Dont be jealous because you are a
loser. You make no sense, Go back under your shell.
I haven;t met a Malay or Indian friend who can speak fluent
Chinese though I have heard of a few around.
Why do they need to speak Chinese when Singapore is a
predominantly English society?
Out of 7 Singaporean presidents, probably only 2 speak Mandarin.
President Nathan, Benjamin Sheares, Yusof Ishak, Devan Nair etc all
dont speak Mandarin. Out of 3 prime ministers, 1 does not speak
mandarin at all. Two speaks mandarin but very haltingly.
If you can;t speak English that is your problem. You lose
clients. You can't go to school to get an education. You can't work
in civil sector. You cant even read the laws of your own
country or understand your own government. You are illiterate.
PS: I never understood why the lowlifes (normally sub o levels
kind) call Singaporeans who speak their country's own language
Banana. Singaporeans are educated in English from kindergarten
to University, wouldn't it be a natural thing to speak English as
your native language?
I think these people have self esteem problems over their
illiteracy in English or identity crisis some some sort.
I don't mind "banana", at least it sounds better than
"illiterate low wage worker" or "chinese helicopter".
You have forgotten that in your earlier post to my question ,
you have shown that you cannot read or even understand
English
by your reply.
Your IQ score got 50 or not huh ?
You are still trying to claim that you are superior to others
because you can only speak English and you are very proud of
it.
By the way, I can speak fluent English, Mandarin, Cantonese,
Hokkien, Teochew, Khek and some Malay, Japanese, Korean and
Thai.
