Chinese S'poreans should focus on learning Mandarin well, says MM Lee

"He said Singapore is useful to China because we have access to the English-speaking world and have developed links with them due to our language policy. At the same time, Singaporeans are fluent in Mandarin; hence we can communicate with those in China and help them understand the West." MM Lee

well.. i think.. maybe this advantage might be diminished already! sadly.

 

 

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Chinese S'poreans should focus on learning Mandarin well, says MM Lee

via Channel NewsAsia Singapore News on 3/17/09

SINGAPORE: The trend of Chinese dialects dying out in Singapore is irreversible, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, who urged Singaporeans to focus more energy on learning Mandarin instead.

 

 

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busy

i am busy, sick and tied with deadlines.
i am hungry. and feeble.

i need food, at my doorstep.


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i have grown. i am more candid. i have tried more things and i know where i am heading to now. haha.. meanwhile, let me be more responsible and finish my duties one by one.

a fine thin line

are you from the ivy league? if given a choice, will you go?

i am thinking about how to be capable. does it mean that you are confident? or does it entails success tied to your name.

it's a thin thin line between
ego and confidence
emo and sensitive
sure and complacent
helpful and kaypoh
concerned and unduly worried

sigh..



Ernest Wong
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grad soon

i will want to start blogging freqently. it is when i blog, i pause to think  and it is impt. thinking back, it's the days of freq blogging that i understand myself better.

nowadays, i tried to avoid thinking about things too much. but in the end, it just mean that i think about things haphazardly. writing down helps me to realise my faults and mistakes.

anyway.. yeap.. those who are reading.. which are few, i know at least you all bother. for those who dun bother, i will also not emo but will return them with similar perception.

and i tot i have gotten used to ego kids during the year in shanghai. probably i am not. i have yet to learn and master the skill of drawing the line between friends and "colleagues"