The Speak Mandarin Campaign was first launched in 1979 by then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, with the main objective of encouraging Chinese Singaporeans to speak Mandarin as a common language, instead of using dialects.
讲华语运动于1979年由我国前总理李光耀先生发起。这项运动的任务是要扭转华族新加坡人因各自不同的籍贯而使用不同方言这个根深蒂固的习惯,改用华语为沟通的共同言。
Fancy spending your Sunday afternoon learning more about the history and development of Nanyin and Liyuan Opera?
Photo: Siong Leng Musical Association
Read more...Follow Straits Times Correspondent, Marc Lim, on his Mandarin-learning journey as he picks up pointers from national athletes. This week, Marc will have a shot at the target with Ting Hao.
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18 June 2008
DADDY & MOMMY MANDARIN STORYTELLING COMPETITION 2008
Join us at Woodlands Regional Library on Saturday 21, June 2008 from 2pm to 4.30pm