
Speak Mandarin Campaign
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Sep 23, 2026
Jeffrey Eng – Teochew Qiaopi of Singapore & China Part 3 | Chronicles of Old Singapore
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18:43Jeffrey EngGUEST
So here again, the different provinces, different county of the Teochew area, they call they address, they speak differently, but of the same meaning.
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18:57Loh Kah SengHOST
I mean, of course, one of the controversy over the Dear You movie was that a lot of the younger Singaporeans cannot understand the Teochew anymore, even the Teochews themselves, because of the Speak Mandarin campaign.
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19:15Loh Kah SengHOST
I mean, you lived through that campaign and I lived through as well.
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19:21Loh Kah SengHOST
What is your experience and what do you think about this issue? Is there any way that we can bring Teochew back now to the younger generation?
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21:13Jeffrey EngGUEST
But to completely forget or so-called like, you know, today's trend, we are speaking English, we are speaking Mandarin.
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21:29Loh Kah SengHOST
Not to forget.
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21:29Loh Kah SengHOST
I think it's a What do you think of this? I do understand the criticisms of the Speak Mandarin campaign policy.
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21:44Loh Kah SengHOST
But I also think part of the reason why we are not speaking a lot of or understand a lot of Teochew, Hokkien, whatever it is among the younger people is because we ourselves have made a choice.