I totally disagree on the fact that singlish should be the official language in Singapore. Although many Singaporeans are speaking singlish, it still should not be the official language in Singapore.
Schools and the Ministry of Education(MOE) have put up 'Speak Good English' campaign to promote speaking english and not singlish to members of the public. English is practiced in school, work or anywhere u can imagine Singapore every single day. Communicating would be a problem if singlish is used. Imagine if a foreigner comes to Singapore and asked us to show them of one place and we answered them with singlish, they will be puzzled and not understanding us.
Posters on examples in speaking the correct way are put up in various schools. One example of the poster is " Give back my pen la!" and there will be a cross beside this wrong sentence. "Excuse me, can you please give the pen back to me?" and a tick will be the partner of this sentence. Students in schools and members of the public will see this posters and try to practice it the right way.
Therefore, lets speak good english and not singlish to communicate better with people around us.
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