Singapore PM: Changing language policy could jeopardise bilingualism


With more Singaporeans comfortable speaking Mandarin today, some in the Chinese community feel the country can afford to ease up on the use of dialect.

But Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong used the launch of this year’s Speak Mandarin campaign yesterday to remind them that it would not be practical to do so.

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