Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Chinese communities in Chinese mainland, Malaysia, Singapore and some countries in Southeast Asia. Singapore students learn simplified Chinese characters from childhood.
Xu Fuji, former first president of Confucius Institute at Nanyang Technological University and former Chinese teacher of Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. He believes that Lee Kuan Yew's attention to China's education is far-sighted, and the education system ensures that Singapore, a small country, can occupy an important position on the international stage.
Chinese education in Singapore has its natural foundation-the existence of Chinese society, and the proportion of Chinese in this country exceeds 70%. To some extent, this is an investment in the future. It's a little realistic, but it is.
Unlike Hong Kong, which values "being biliterate and trilingual", Singapore currently teaches simplified Chinese characters. Students learn simplified Chinese characters and Chinese Pinyin since childhood, and the books they read are arranged horizontally. This is the rule set by Lee Kuan Yew when he founded Chinese education in Singapore.
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Singapore once had a campaign to promote Chinese for 30 years. To put it simply, this Chinese campaign aims to unify the Chinese usage norms of Chinese in Singapore and eliminate the barriers between dialects. 1In the 1960s, Singapore decided to start using simplified characters, which was a reform in line with the implementation of the bilingual policy.
In August of 1968, Singapore established the "Chinese Character Simplification Committee" and published a simplified Chinese character list in 1969. 1974, Singapore Ministry of Education stipulated that textbooks should be printed horizontally. 197 1 adopt "Chinese Pinyin Scheme". "Speak more Chinese and speak less dialects" is the slogan of Chinese promotion activities.
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