What does it mean that more non-Chinese Malaysians are learning Mandarin?

[Loofydralb]

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/com...ysian-mandarin-job-language-education-4795621

It means, now they have the skills and ability to curse you in mandarin, hokkien and Cantonese. After all the chinks have been cursing them silently and both in Bahasa and Cantonese.

Tiulei ahh...

 

[A Singaporean]

It means that m&d are getting wiser. Only coolie gene Sinkies in hdb think that Singlish is the language of the future. lol.

 

[KingFook Sr]

These Mandarin language learners are just being pragmatic.
The future lies in East Asia.
With China as the core.
World #1 economy and arguably #1 superpower.
.
PAP is betting on the USA and West.
Offering Changi Naval Base and Airbase to contain China.
Just like betting for SG to win the Football World Cup.
SG future with this PAP policy is more than stupid.
.
Viewed from Foshan, PRC.

 

[Eisenhut]

Means Channel News Asia playing the race card again

 

[myfoot123]

It means that m&d are getting wiser. Only coolie gene Sinkies in hdb think that Singlish is the language of the future. lol.

Singlish is easily digestable. You prefer fake westernised "slang" english from sinkies?

 

[myfoot123]

These Mandarin language learners are just being pragmatic.
The future lies in East Asia.
With China as the core.
World #1 economy and arguably #1 superpower.
.
PAP is betting on the USA and West.
Offering Changi Naval Base and Airbase to contain China.
Just like betting for SG to win the Football World Cup.
SG future with this PAP policy is more than stupid.
.
Viewed from Foshan, PRC.

Middle Eastern nations are learning, Russians are learning. Singaporeans are still left behind, why huh? Must be eating too much potato in our diet.

 

[A Singaporean]

Singlish is easily digestable. You prefer fake westernised "slang" english from sinkies?

Speaking good English does not mean to have slang. It means grammatically correct, structurally correct and understood by English speaking people all over world. Not mixed with hokkien,mandarin etc No sure go ask Ramesh.

 

[syed putra]

Over my dead body

 

[congo9]

Means indian and Malay is leaning more languages.

 

[duluxe]

The news is a proof that chinese private schools are preferred over madrassahs by malay parents. But why?