Lee Kuan Yew: Mandarin will become Singaporean mother tongue

Short Ninja SG

what do you mean?

Singaporean (chinese) speak mandarin and hokkien, not cantonese

But I speak cantonese though. not much

He is trying to tell you Singaporeans dont speak Mandarin or Cantonese the way Putong hwa and Cantonese is spoken in Beijing and Hong Kong.It is in pink some more.

Rooney9 SG

then malay and indians how? force them to learn mandarin?

One Harmonius Blend SG

He is trying to tell you Singaporeans dont speak Mandarin or Cantonese the way Putong hwa and Cantonese is spoken in Beijing and Hong Kong.It is in pink some more.

Should have stated himself more clearer, just couldnt get what he meant

@Rooney9: they have a choice. government didnt force them though

Uncle4edgar SG

Will CHINA takeover SINGAPORE since Taiwan is supposed to be returned as part of Beijing.

Singaporeans favour democracy why should Singapore speak

Mandarin?

Short Ninja SG

then malay and indians how? force them to learn mandarin?

I noticed Indians adapt fast to garmen policies and Malays simply try to keep up.How do you force most Singaporeans to do something they dont want to,when the people are already programmed to follow and take orders.

Short Ninja SG

Will CHINA takeover SINGAPORE since Taiwan is supposed to be returned as part of Beijing.

Singaporeans favour democracy why should Singapore speak

Mandarin?

China got no policy of annexation and Singapore was never a part of China

Rooney9 SG

China got no policy of annexation and Singapore was never a part of China

didnt china invaded tibet in 1959 and forced the dalai lama to flee tibet then?

SBS2601D SG

didnt china invaded tibet in 1959 and forced the dalai lama to flee tibet then?

That one is different...their claim lies back to the Qing Dynasty.

Short Ninja SG

didnt china invaded tibet in 1959 and forced the dalai lama to flee tibet then?

What the Chinese are doing to Tibetans is wrong and I am sad for Tibet but I also believe that historically and geographically Tibet should belong to China.Singapore is totaly out of place

Short Ninja SG

That one is different...their claim lies back to the Qing Dynasty.

I guess it all dates back to when China got its name

the Bear SG

i still rub my eyes in disbelief..

i always thought that official languages of zombies was French or Creole and not Mandarin

Alpha Omega SG

He say that Mandarin will be mother tongue.

I remember another minister said recently that English is the way of the future.

How sia? English or Mandarin?

Fantagf SG

for a long time I thought my mother tongue is Mandarin until the recent couple of years then I was told it is not. It was education and old oppressive lee that make it sound that Mandarin is our mother tongue. This influence me.

mlmersrlosers SG

no wonder taiwan say we suck china LP

Rooney9 SG

no wonder taiwan say we suck china LP

yes we suck on mandarin, but they sucks in english lol

Uraniumfish SG

LKY is sick in the mind. The mother tongue should be English. After that should be Malay right? Since it is our national language?

Short Ninja SG

LKY is sick in the mind. The mother tongue should be English. After that should be Malay right? Since it is our national language?

He is out of his mind to say such thing.English must always stay the first language and mother tongue to each his own cuz we all dont have the same mother

Uraniumfish SG

He is out of his mind to say such thing.English must always stay the first language and mother tongue to each his own cuz we all dont have the same mother

Oh. So that is what mother tongue is to you. To me, it is the language that I have been using the most since birth, which is English.

Short Ninja SG

Oh. So that is what mother tongue is to you. To me, it is the language that I have been using the most since birth, which is English.

It is quite confusing isnt it when in other countries you would be known as a native speaker of English.

Short Ninja SG

or near native speaker of English

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