Speak Mandarin Campaign 2011

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Speak Mandarin Campaign 2011 aimed at engaging youth

New initiatives of this year's Speak Mandarin Campaign are geared towards engaging youth in the language from a younger age.

The annual campaign kicked off today with a new tagline: "Mandarin. It gets better with use."

Tapping on digital media platforms, the Promote Mandarin Council hopes these will serve as fun ways to engage youths.

They include a Theme Song Contest and Short Video Clip Competition. Youths also have the option of participating in the Chinese Challenge, in which they will be quizzed on topics such as Chinese pop culture and literature.

The council also hopes to change the perception of Mandarin as a "second language" to Mandarin as a language for our daily communication.

Echoing that was Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Lui Tuck Yew, who officiated the event held at the Asian Civilisations Museum. He said: "In order to speak Mandarin well, we have to use it in our daily lives and learn, over time to use it better."

 

[Ash007]

I thought there are a lot of Ah tiongs in Singapore already. Still need speak Mandarin campaign?

 

[Sideswipe]

IMO Mandarin wrong term, it is 官话 in Chinese.
we should call it 北京话, Ah tiongs in Singapore will feel more at home.

 

[Lestat]

This campaign is for us to speak in a manner which the ah tiongs will understand us. :p

 

[suicidalpap]

I thought there are a lot of Ah tiongs in Singapore already. Still need speak Mandarin campaign?

We still need more Ah Tiongs. That's probably the scums in white trying to tell sinkies.

 

[suicidalpap]

This campaign is for us to speak in a manner which the ah tiongs will understand us. :p

Traitor PAP wanted sinkies to integrate with the ah tiongs instead of them integrate with the sinkies. Why only speak Mandarin campaign?

 

[lianbeng]

lianbeng quotes the rear admirer, "我可以，你们也可以。"

 

[KNNBCCB]

This campaign is for us to speak in a manner which the ah tiongs will understand us. :p

Wrong lah....

This campaign is for us to speak in a manner which we will understand ah tiongs more.

 

[Ash007]

So it is to make us more like Ah Tiongs?

Wrong lah....

This campaign is for us to speak in a manner which we will understand ah tiongs more.

 

[KNNBCCB]

So it is to make us more like Ah Tiongs?

Abuden? ??
It is just a matter of time, we will have Speak Ah Nehs Campaign.

 

[Maximilian Chua-Heng]

Ah Tiongs would prefer to speak in their own dialects, rather than the so-called putonghua aka Mandarin.

I thought there are a lot of Ah tiongs in Singapore already. Still need speak Mandarin campaign?

 

[Ash007]

I want to speak my own dialects as well. But they government don't like me to do that wor.
how?

Ah Tiongs would prefer to speak in their own dialects, rather than the so-called putonghua aka Mandarin.

 

[Maximilian Chua-Heng]

Hence we have the Speak Mandarin Campaign lor, for ATs and the rest of us!

I want to speak my own dialects as well. But they government don't like me to do that wor.
how?

 

[mollusk]

Soon we will have "Speak AhTiong Campaign", "Speak AhNeh Campaign" and "Speak Tagalog Campaign".

 

[lianbeng]

Ah Tiongs would prefer to speak in their own dialects, rather than the so-called putonghua aka Mandarin.

lianbeng says, "when those chinamen speak putonghua u may not understand them - likewise they may not understand our so-called huayu."

 

[Equalisation]

Teacher: Little Johnny, speak a sentence in mandarin.

Little Johnny : Woh yau cher ni der sia mian ....

**&^%$ .... Teacher slap Little Johnny.

Little Johnny : Why? I only say I want to eat your prawn mee ...

Teacher : Ooops .... sorry....

 

[saratogas]

How cum they get a Transport Minister to launch the speak Mandarin campaign & not the Education Minister?

Maybe during his public transport recces, he heard commuters scold gahment in dialects...

 

[lianbeng]

How cum they get a Transport Minister to launch the speak Mandarin campaign & not the Education Minister?

Maybe during his public transport recces, he heard commuters scold gahment in dialects...

lianbeng not surprised he kana cho jialat jialat by chinamen but couldn't quite understand them: "cao ni zu zong shi ba dai."

 

[streetsmart73]

How cum they get a Transport Minister to launch the speak Mandarin campaign & not the Education Minister?

Maybe during his public transport recces, he heard commuters scold gahment in dialects...

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[Ash007]

lianbeng not surprised he kana cho jialat jialat by chinamen but couldn't quite understand them: "cao ni zu zong shi ba dai."

肏你妈的臭屄 may be a more appropriate respond from them.