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<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR>Blasted with a slew of bad English - right in Orchard
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- 4 or less paragraphs so show all paragraphs first before showing the media and bkstry and stuffs --><!-- story content : start -->IF ONE walks down Orchard Road on weekends, one is likely to be blasted with an amplified slew of bad English. All this emanates from one source, the emcee promoting the Great Singapore Sale, with his array of games and activities to hype up this national event.
<!-- story content : start -->Is it not a contradiction to another national movement - the Speak Good English campaign? It is sad that, despite all the good efforts of the campaign, we often take a step backwards with poor attempts to connect to the public with the mistaken idea that Singlish is the better medium endorsed by people. Should there not be a united stance here? <!-- story content : start -->Charmaine Ee Yen Ling (Ms)
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- 4 or less paragraphs so show all paragraphs first before showing the media and bkstry and stuffs --><!-- story content : start -->IF ONE walks down Orchard Road on weekends, one is likely to be blasted with an amplified slew of bad English. All this emanates from one source, the emcee promoting the Great Singapore Sale, with his array of games and activities to hype up this national event.
<!-- story content : start -->Is it not a contradiction to another national movement - the Speak Good English campaign? It is sad that, despite all the good efforts of the campaign, we often take a step backwards with poor attempts to connect to the public with the mistaken idea that Singlish is the better medium endorsed by people. Should there not be a united stance here? <!-- story content : start -->Charmaine Ee Yen Ling (Ms)