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Wednesday, July 15, 2009: 12:04 PM 0 comments
racists or not?

i came across this group on facebook today and it's called "I am Singaporean and tired of service staff who can only speak Mandarin". so, i went on to read the content and guidelines of the group.

one of it said, "This is meant to be a group for those who are upset that English seems to be less and less used in Singapore, to the disadvantage of those who do not speak Mandarin ( by that i do not only mean non-Chinese, i also mean Singaporeans of Chinese descent who are not fluent in Mandarin! ) "

then i read one of the topics discussed, it says that she went to this bubble tea shop but didn't get her order because the server served the girl (chinese speaking) behind her first. then, the server got her order wrong because the server doesn't understand english.
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i think this is rubbish!
esp the one i highlighted.
华人不会中文是可耻的！
i'm not saying chinese is the best language of all and should be placed at pirority, but it's important for one to know his or her mother tongue! just like i will say, 马来人不懂马来语也是可耻的！

what's wrong with a salesperson who is comfortable speaking in chinese/ malay/ tamil? i think english is a necessity but it should NOT replace mother tongue. it has its place, yes, but only secondary to mother tongue. am i right? yes i am. because english is only a way to communicate with people of other races. and that should be all.

anyway, the bubble tea incident is another rubbish because it's the attitude of the server that is wrong, not the preferred language (in this case, chinese). i get this rubbish too when i order bubble tea at a bubble tea shop. of course, it's the fault of the shop owner to just hire someone who is monoligual. but then again, the shop should hire someone with good attitude too!

it just happens that singapore has more chinese, that's why it seems like speaking chinese is so important. well, what you see is not what it's true. singapore is still a english speaking country, apparantly.

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