[Manthink]

My Indonesian friend, very daringly said strange that some HKgers don’t speak Mandarin in front of the Cantonese-speaking taxi driver. Born Chinese but don’t speak Mandarin. One side speaks Mandarin while the other insists on speaking Cantonese. Actually, his Mandarin is learned over the years by mixing around.

Everyone knows Indonesia once up a time ban Chinese language, practices and culture including lion dances during the Suharto era. Today, with the rise of China and removal of anti-Chinese law, local Chinese are back with vengeance in re-learning their ancestry traditions and culture.

That was legacy of Dutch colonisation which segregate Chinese from other Indonesian groups.