Tag Archives: Chinese

Khan Osman Sulaiman continues to harp on how the reserved presidency is a bad decision and likened it to 'The Voice' singing competition which only accepted Chinese singers. He thinks race-based policies will only create a divisive society instead of strengthening it.

A Twitter user was slammed for jokingly comparing incense papers left behind during 7th month to littering. He had posted a picture of joss papers on the floor with the caption: "Littering or praying?" and said: "You be the judge".

A Malaysian woman thinks Singaporeans lack class and etiquette after seeing a sales promoter chide a foreigner for "testing" out the product. She thought the promoter was uneducated in doing so. She also said that Singapore is highly dependent on foreigners even though it pretends otherwise.

A netizen has created a petition demanding that temples and columbariums where Chinese ancestors and family members are buried allow worshipers to burn joss paper offerings during Qing Ming Festival and the Chinese Ghost Month (7th Month).

An investigation panel into an incident in June, when food canteen stall holders in a food court at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) were asked to change their signs to English-only, has concluded that the cause of the incident was due to a "misunderstanding" of a supervisor working for the university.

A few weeks ago I received a phone call from someone who claimed that he was conducting a survey from Mindef. I was asked for my opinion on several issues, such as China's conduct in the South China Sea and its increasingly belligerent anti-Singapore rhetoric.

I first got together with my Malay Muslim husband when I was 17 and I converted when I was 18. 2 weeks after I turned 21, we got married and have been happily married for the past 4 years. When I got married, I didn't dare tell my racist mother as I was the only child.

Organisers of the Speak Mandarin Campaign has apologised for their neglect and typo of the Chinese word "read" in the phrase "listen, speak, read, write". "The Speak Mandarin Campaign regrets the erroneous rendering of the character '读' as '渎' at the Official Launch yesterday, as these are two distinct characters with different meanings. We sincerely apologise for the gravity of this oversight and will take steps to address this". What steps? Go and ownself check ownself la.

Typo for the Chinese word "read" (du) for the Speak Mandarin Campaign, proudly launched by Minister Grace Fu. Dis-GraceFu much?

A reader was appalled at the removal of Chinese language signs at NTUC Foodfare at Choa Chu Kang. The foodcourt has just opened after undergoing a facelift. "Many elderly patrons were perplexed on the first day of its recent reopening and had asked staff at the counters to translate the menus before they placed an order. This oversight is detrimental to Singapore’s efforts to foster a bilingual environment against a backdrop of today’s younger generation being increasingly unable to master their mother tongue. I hope that Foodfare could at least use Chinese on signboards in its locations where many of the residents are elderly, for their reference."