For the newcomers to this country

On June 18, 2010 · 3 Comments · In Laws of our land

“I hope that all of us are con­vinced that this coun­try is for all races, and will have four offi­cial lan­guages. But Malay will be the National and the com­mon lan­guage. If you don’t learn the National Lan­guage, you will have your­self to blame. With­out knowl­edge of it, it will be dif­fi­cult for you to get a job.”

Lee Kuan Yew, 23 Octo­ber 1965

 
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  • Jdub

    If you read the whole arti­cle, ‘this coun­try’ actu­ally refers to Malaysia before 1965.

  • http://www.miyagi.sg Mr Miyagi

    Sorry, you’re mis­taken. Speech was made 23 Oct 1965, and refers to post inde­pen­dence Singapore.

  • Stryke

    you mean we’ve actu­ally been learn­ing the WRONG lan­guage?? OMG!!

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