Speak Mandarin Campaign information

The Speak Mandarin Campaign (SMC; Chinese: 講華語運動; pinyin: Jiǎng Huáyǔ Yùndòng) is an initiative by the Government of Singapore to encourage the Chinese...

and Tamil. Singaporean Mandarin became widely spoken by the Chinese community in Singapore after the Speak Mandarin Campaign by the government in 1979...

Chinese people from outside Singapore. Since 1979, the Speak Mandarin Campaign has promoted use of Mandarin.[citation needed] There were two prominent language...

government heavily promoted Mandarin through its "Speak Mandarin" campaign. The Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew stated that Mandarin was chosen to unify the Chinese...

Singaporean Speak Mandarin Campaign and Chinese culture revival movement in the 1980s, Malaysian Chinese started their own promotion of Mandarin too, and...

the use of Singdarin in favour of Standard Singaporean Mandarin under the Speak Mandarin Campaign (SMC), as it believed in the need for Singaporeans to...

languages of Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, or Hakka. The launch of the Speak Mandarin Campaign in 1979 by the government prioritized the language over traditional...

announced and kickstarted the Speak Mandarin Campaign in 1979, the Promote Mandarin Council started research on Mandarin standardisation based on case...

shifted towards Malaysian Mandarin under the Speak Mandarin Campaign in Chinese-medium schools in Malaysia, even though Mandarin was not previously spoken...

The Speak Good English Movement (SGEM) is a Singapore Government campaign to "encourage Singaporeans to speak grammatically correct English that is universally...

government uses Mandarin as the official Chinese variety and has a Speak Mandarin Campaign (SMC) seeking to actively promote using Mandarin at the expense...

other than Standard Mandarin is discouraged as in China. The Singaporean government has actively promoted the Speak Mandarin Campaign (SMC) since the 1980s...

languages like Hakka and Taiwanese Hokkien List of language regulators Speak Mandarin Campaign (Singapore) Tsao, Feng-fu (2008). "Chapter 6: The Language Planning...

the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust Single-member constituency Speak Mandarin Campaign, Singapore Stade Malherbe Caen, a French football club This disambiguation...

particular thrived. In 1979, Singapore launched the Speak Mandarin Campaign to promote the use of Mandarin over the range of Chinese dialects spoken by various...

Teochew, Hokkien or Cantonese names, as part of the Speak Mandarin Campaign to promote Mandarin and discourage the use of dialects. For example, the...

ISBN 978-0-06-019776-6. Lim, Siew Yeen; Yak, Jessie (4 July 2013). "Speak Mandarin Campaign". Singapore Infopedia. National Library Board, Singapore. Retrieved...

romanization system for Mandarin in the public sector starting in the 1980s, in conjunction with the Speak Mandarin Campaign. Hanyu Pinyin is also used...

at home. Evidently, Singapore government's Speak Mandarin Campaign was launched in the 1980s to make Mandarin the lingua franca among the Han Chinese in...

original Hokkien rather than transliterating it into Mandarin according to the Speak Mandarin Campaign regulations.[citation needed] In early 2006, Moo shifted...

January 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012. "Speak Mandarin Campaign – History and Background". Promote Mandarin Council. 2004. Archived from the original...

government embarked on programmes and campaigns to promote traditional culture, including the revitalised Speak Mandarin Campaign (targeted at English rather than...

within. Mainly speaking Japanese and Chinese. generally speaking Standard Mandarin can be used. common Chinese dialects include Mandarin dialects, Min...

23.24%. In 1979, Ow was appointed as the first chairman of the Speak Mandarin Campaign. In 1980, Ow opened the Singapore Historical Photographs Exhibition...

Singapore government began to push for the use of Mandarin in Singapore, spearheaded by the Speak Mandarin Campaign. Following this, the Singapore government...

Singaporeans), but the government discourages their use through the Speak Mandarin Campaign. Mandarin was first introduced to Singapore during British colonisation...

Singapore, in an effort to promote Mandarin as a lingua franca amongst ethnic Chinese through the Speak Mandarin Campaign, usage of other varieties such as...

Singaporean Mandarin Languages of Singapore Chinese in Singapore Speak Mandarin Campaign Singapore Chinese characters Singdarin Standard Mandarin Taiwanese...