haha, i came across this article which got me so damn de angry with the speaker.

i shall name him as michael. michael is very importan to a little red dot on the map. years ago, in the 80s, he encouraged the red dot ppl to abolish using mandarin, he proposed that all universities couple should get together and have children, they will inherit their genes and become smarter he only want clever red dotters. he then proposed the 2 children in the 70s, fining all those who has more. sadly, this proposal still holds in the early 90s. me being born in 1990 and being the 4th child, my parents were fined $1000.

30 years ago,he found that thing were not quite right, he implemented the "speak more mandarin" drive, he hope all singaporeans chinese to be able to speak good mandarin. then after 90s, he implemented many baby bonus to encourage young singaporeans to give birth.

but the thing im angry is not this, today newspaper, he said that learning dialect is a waste of time. but arent our grandparents main language is their dialect? isn's him a chinese, chinese confusiasm wanted us not to forget our roots, but he wanted us not to waste time learning dialects, now english is a common language used among grandparents with grandchildren, even my aunt uses english with their grandchildren. back in my time, i spoke hokkien with my grandparents, even now i spoke to them using hokkien, man a times i communicate with my parents using hokkien. hokkien can say is my 1st language, but im proud of it, cos at least i nvr forget my roots.

by learning dialect,i durn see why is it that difficult, mind you, dialect can just purely be a communicative tool and need not have any tests or exams, will the children feel stressful. 1st language spoken in taiwan is hokkien or in their language "min nan yu" 闽南语. i listen to hokkien songs, tt doesnt mean old, but dont you tink tt some expressions expressed in hokkien is more meaningful??

i feel very comfortable and has a great sense of belonging when i speak hokkien or anyone communicate with me in hokkien, now i'm learning cantonese, by learning 1 more language will do us proud. harry says tt learning dialect will waste tie and put more stress on the young, but isnt learning french japanese equally stressful, why durn he abolish the O level Third language component. mind you, these foreign language classes have tests and exams, but learning dialect do not have.

hokkien may seems agressive and vulgar, but its our way of communication..

i bet in a few years time there will be this " speak dialect" drive.
implement and dont regret.....