English proficiency valued but it should not be sole criterion for new citizenship applications: Edwin Tong
The Minister for Culture, Community and Youth also noted that a "significant proportion of Singaporeans throughout our history" have not been able to speak English well.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapor...ng-3436806
Chinese proficiency is very valuable now.
Btw, many white traxhes lack proficiency in English too
Minister's Tong's reply just won him a vote in the coming GE.
The WP leader wants Singaporeans to forget their roots and ignorant of how we came together regardless of Language, Race or Religion in Aug 1965....years before english as a "1st language" were imposed upon Singaporeans in the name of equality and harmony.
Today, we can see the English-language is no magic key to a workable multiculturalism......just look at other English-speaking nations like UK to US today.
The irony is by Pritam pushing for Mono-lingual as measurement of citizenship, he has created an unintended outcome - the reversal of our delicate social compact that has kept Singaporean united for over 50 years.
Neither here nor there. Is it a yes or not, nobody knows.
He wants to import more FTrs who ONLY can speak filipino, or Indiaa dialects, or russian or veitnamese or ?
(22-04-2023, 01:19 PM)klat Wrote: [ -> ]English proficiency valued but it should not be sole criterion for new citizenship applications: Edwin Tong
The Minister for Culture, Community and Youth also noted that a "significant proportion of Singaporeans throughout our history" have not been able to speak English well.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapor...ng-3436806
Just YES or NO only mah!
So simple also dont know meh?
(22-04-2023, 04:13 PM)cheekopekman Wrote: [ -> ]Just YES or NO only mah! So simple also dont know meh?
He dont know lah. just half hearted answer. He scared pinky will scold him