Let's face it, the chinese population in singapore outnumbers the malays and other races by at least 20-1.
The government is practically shoving mandrain down everybody's throats.
Why should the national anthem be sung in an INSIGNIFICANT language that is used in only one small corner of the world? It's not even a universal language of trade or commerce.
Yet children as young as 7 are forced to sing it in schools - in a language they don't even understand. You don't believe me, you ask any chinese kid to translate the national anthem.
Bet you nobody that isn't a malay can tell you what they're even singing. For all we know the anthem could be insulting our mothers.Should the nation anthem be changed to Mandarin or English?We should keep the Singapore National Anthem in original Malay language, to act as a REMINDER to the non-Malays that Singapore wasn't always a part of China... :-)
Our Malay people are already so disenchanted with life here, and have grievances at how they have been relegated to almost 2nd-class citizens and lost many privileges in what's supposed to be their motherland...
So come on lah... Let us have our National Anthem in Malay, the only thing in Singapore that the Malay people can tell others with pride. When you take it away, I shall say that the Singapore Malay people might as well not exist anymore, and let the Chinese do whatever you like... Malay may be an insignificant language to YOU, but it means something to the Malay people...
As for the excuse that Chinese kids cannot understand, I have taught your wonderful Chinese kids before, and basically they don't respect the National Anthem at all, no matter what's the language... They can sing it in Mandarin, but since they know Mandarin, they can easily change it so that they purposely insult their own mothers... :-)
So I hope I have made a passionate plea why we should keep the anthem in Malay. MAJULAH SINGAPURA !!
A compromise: Let's keep the Malay version as the primary version... We can sing it in English, Mandarin, %26amp; Tamil sometimes in schools. But on National Day, the original Malay version must be sung.
Should the nation anthem be changed to Mandarin or English?
During National Day , PM speak 4 Luggage. and our main 4 Luggage is all accepted in Government sector . our National Song ' mujira Singapora %26quot; will never change.and all this will going ......no end. Singaporean speak good English (no me ,ha ha ) because of business,China is one of the bigger ,we lean Chinese, during 70%26quot; many people lean Japanese. but for Nation, still main 4. one day, egg,if Philippines is the world strong countries , we will lean Takalo .
Should the nation anthem be changed to Mandarin or English?
Change to English! or just lalalala ,like Spain's national anthem.
How many pple is actually proud of Pre-British Malay era fishing village Temasek?? It is the British and all the migrants that built this island, not those Malay rulers who happily gave away the island for ringgits.
Keep it the way it is, or make it Singlish. Speak good Singlish campaign - that should be the latest one. I don't speak good Singlish and it might help me learn.
Simple. The original writer is a malay. The kids will learn the translation in their music lesson as a test and there is translation in their student homework diary(if they have one).
the only problem is they forget to teach you malay , which is use in four corners from the island................lol
Yeah sure change the anthem. Why stop there, what about the pledge, there are very very low number of British born immigrants, so why bother keeping it in English. At 20-1 majority, let's change everything to Mandarin. I agree that no one other than the Malays understand the meaning of the anthem anyway. So, since the government is shoving Mandarin down our throats, change it to Mandarin.
I should commend you on your foresight and your great disregard to other insignificant races in Singapore.
I always thought that Singapore is a melting pot of all races and your pledge says, %26quot;Regardless of race, language or religion.%26quot;. So, probably the pledge is also outdated, afterall it was drafted in the 1960s, now in the 21st Century, shouldn't it reflect the popular feeling incline with the majority?
You have raised a good case for a change based on your arguments. However, I have some points, which you and my fellow Singaporeans might want to consider:
a. Yes, the Chinese are a majority in Singapore, and most of them speak Chinese, so why not change the anthem to Chinese. Yes, let's, but then, I heard that amongst the Chinese in Singapore, the Hokkiens are the largest dialect group...so, let's make the National Anthem into the Hokkien Dialect.
b. Yes, the Government is %26quot;practically shoving%26quot; Mandarin down everyone's throat...if the Government is doing it, IT MUST BE RIGHT....so, let's outlaw all other languages and dialects...it will be easier for all Singaporeans to talk to each other.
c. Yes, the Government also %26quot;practically gave away citizenship to Chinese (Hong Kongers/Chinese nationals), because they saw that the other minority races were reproducing much more than the Chinese and the percentage of the Chinese was dipping. Why stop there, let's sterliise, every women of the minority race, once they reach %26quot;child bearing age%26quot;, that would solve this problem.
c. Yes, why sing the anthem in an insignificant language? Why sing it in a language that Chinese children do not understand? Why stop there? Why should the same children, be made to share schools, with children of other races, respect the cultures and religion of others. Might as well, put the children of the insignificant races, into an insignificant school where they can all be insignificant and learn insignificant languages and lead insignificant lives.
I hope, I have given you an idea of what will happen, if we decide that %26quot;something or someone is insignificant just because of their minority status%26quot;...especially something that is close to a person's heart as language naturally is.
I seriously hope that your question, posted was in %26quot;tongue in cheek%26quot;. Singapore (even before it was known as Temasek or Temasik), has been a part of the %26quot;Malay Land%26quot;, this is our historical heritage..and we are rightfully proud of it.
The fact that despite, living in a little island surrounded by millions of Malays (Indonesians - included), Singapore has proven that by working together and respecting each other, people of all races, culture, religion and LANGUAGE, can co-exist and prosper as one.
The Anthem is sung in Malay, firstly, to acknowledge our heritage (physical), and the pride we feel as immigrants in a new land, who have succeded, and most importantly, so that the beautiful words contained in it...resonates amongst our neighbours (who understand malay), that Singapreans are united, they stand tall and are proud of Singapore.
For your information, just in case, you are interested, many of the civil wars, and mindless killings, going around the world were started because of such, line of logic.....Majority is Right and Might!
I fear the day, when more of my fellow Singaporeans, think like you do....and I will do my part to erase such bigotry and dangerous prejudical inklings.
MAJULAH SINGAPURA!
