Are We Truly Bilingual?

Thirty years ago, it was quite common that our students could speak English, Mandarin plus one or more dialects. With the "Speak Mandarin Campaign" launched in the early 80', dialects at that time started to become extinct dinosaurs - we were producing bilingual graduates - at that time not sure we have any reasons to feel proud. Since ten years ago, our pupils speak only Singlish. Recently I learnt from an Indonesian friend of mine that parents in Indonesia are encouraging their children to learn Mandarin. Hope the day will not come when both Malaysia and Indonesia are producing more and more triligual graduates whereas Singapore becoming more and more a monolingual society - a worrying trend!
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