Speak Good English Movement

Media Coverage 2000-04

Media coverage on the Speak Good English Movement for the year.

• Online Coverage
• Print Coverage

Online Coverage

Date	Website	Headline
03 Jul 2003	Associated Press	Singapore’s hip-hop SARS hope (PDF, 239KB)
02 Jul 2003	Reuters News	Wah! Singapore tries to purge ‘Singlish’ (PDF, 229KB)

Print Coverage

Date	Publication	Headline
16 Aug 2004	The Straits Times	In Singapore, big demand for classes (PDF, 357KB)
15 May 2004	Lianhe Zaobao	Hard for lost horses to come back again (PDF, 480KB)
11 May 2004	Streats	In Singlish, we hear echoes of our past (PDF, 710KB)
30 Apr 2004	Today	Teacher, teach thyself first (PDF, 498KB)
30 Apr 2004	Today	Mother tongue hurdle to spoken English (PDF, 305KB)
28 Apr 2004	The New Paper	Please speak proper English when you take his cab (PDF, 630KB)
26 Apr 2004	Today	Have a list of common errors in English (PDF, 441KB)
26 Apr 2004	Tamil Murasu	Proper English for workers (PDF, 538KB)
25 Apr 2004	C.N.A	SGEM targets service industry workers (PDF, 315KB)
23 Apr 2004	Berita Harian	Citizens advised to improve English Language (PDF, 465KB)
22 Apr 2004	Tamil Murasu	Speaking good English can secure jobs (PDF, 756KB)
22 Apr 2004	Lianhe Zaobao	Amendment on Union Law can improve relation between employers and workers (PDF, 645KB)
22 Apr 2004	International Herald Tribune	Singapore urges better English (PDF, 332KB)
22 Apr 2004	Berita Harian	Not intended to ignore employees (PDF, 520KB)
22 Apr 2004	The Straits Times	Serving up good English in Singapore (PDF, 340KB)
20 Apr 2004	Associated Press	Singaporeans urged to maintain English skills to stay competitive (PDF, 280KB)
18 Aug 2003	Lianhe Zaobao	Phua Chu Kang undergoes tongue surgery? (PDF, 101KB)
16 Aug 2003	The New Paper	Not just subject, language is scary (PDF, 544KB)
15 Aug 2003	The Straits Times	Language is not a real barrier (PDF, 268KB)
15 Aug 2003	The Straits Times	Bilingualism is the way to go (PDF, 355KB)
09 Aug 2003	The Straits Times	Speak English Campaign (PDF, 1.45MB)
August 2003	Marketing	Government Briefs (PDF, 225KB)
28 Jul 2003	Streats	For the love of words (PDF, 208KB)
27 Jul 2003	Lianhe Zaobao	Overcoming the english barrier (PDF, 919KB)
27 Jul 2003	The Straits Times	English up with which I will not put (PDF, 394KB)
25 Jul 2003	Streats	English as she is spoke (PDF, 397KB)
25 Jul 2003	The Straits Times	Let’s make effort to speak well (PDF, 547KB)
25 Jul 2003	The Straits Times	Important that we learn to speak and write coherently (PDF, 462KB)
25 Jul 2003	The Straits Times	Did train-the-teacher plan succeed? (PDF, 236KB)
25 Jul 2003	The Straits Times	Correct bad english by highlighting incorrect usage (PDF, 451KB)
24 Jul 2003	Today	A sibling tongue (PDF, 661KB)
21 Jul 2003	Today	Global English (PDF, 471KB)
17-24 Jul 2003	8 Days	Speak English Good (PDF, 1.1MB)
17-24 Jul 2003	8 Days	Pierrefect English (PDF, 469KB)
16 Jul 2003	The Straits Times	English is all about communication (PDF, 168KB)
16 Jul 2003	The Straits Times	Expecting a taxi? Wait here (PDF, 97KB)
16 Jul 2003	The Straits Times	It all starts with teachers (PDF, 143KB)
16 Jul 2003	The Straits Times	Many tongues trip one up (PDF, 70KB)
16 Jul 2003	The Straits Times	Simplify business usage (PDF, 49KB)
15 Jul 2003	Streats	Bad english is the easy option (PDF, 226KB)
11 Jul 2003	Streats	Fix the grammar, then talk… (PDF, 797KB)
07 Jul 2003	Today	Bad language (PDF, 689KB)
5-6 Jul 2003	Today	‘Misuse’ of usage (PDF, 752KB)
05 Jul 2003	The Straits Times	What kills good english (PDF, 266KB)
05 Jul 2003	The Straits Times	Stringent bilingual policy gets in students’ way (PDF, 251KB)
05 Jul 2003	The Straits Times	Don’t put OB markers on big words (PDF, 293KB)
04 Jul 2003	Lianhe Zaobao	Good in mother tongue and English too (PDF, 223KB)
03 Jul 2003	Tamil Murasu	Foreigners don’t understand English spoken by Singaporeans (PDF, 389KB)
03 Jul 2003	The Straits Times	KISS (Keep it short and simple) the big words goodbye (PDF, 802KB)
03 Jul 2003	Today	No more lahs, please (PDF, 109KB)
03 Jul 2003	The New Paper	Short and simple (PDF, 47KB)
23 Jun 2003	Today	A lesson in language (PDF, 588KB)
18 Jun 2003	The Straits Times	Use your brain (PDF, 588KB)
13 Apr 2003	Lianhe Zaobao	A China student masters English (PDF, 719KB)
09 Apr 2003	Lianhe Wanbao	How a Taiwanese mother helps her children learn English (PDF, 422KB)
April-June 2003	British Council	Singlish to English – Knowing the difference (PDF, 422KB)