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Bilingualism fund raises $113m, beating target
The Straits Times Thursday, March 15 2012 Prime News Stated in the article, 16 members will administer the endowment fund, with Education Minister Heng Swee Keat as chairman, and Senior Parlimentary Secretary Sim Ann as the vice-chairman. … Continue reading
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Lee Kuan Yew proposes S$100m bilingual fund
Speaking at the launch of the book “My Lifelong Challenge:Singapore’s Bilingual Journey’, Mr Lee Kwan Yew, made clear that he sees an increase in the number of student coming from predominantly English homes. He articulated his concern ‘that fluency in … Continue reading
…Singapore’s Bilingualism Journey: The book is launched
The book that ‘recounts an important facet of Singapore’s history……This book describes fully accurately and clearly the background to these policies, helping us to understand why he (Mr. Lee Kuan Yew) did what he did’ will be launched next Monday … Continue reading
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….Singapore’s Bilingualism Journey
The Straits Times Saturday, October 8 2011 At a dialogue for the 11th World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention held at Resort World Sentosa which ended October 7, former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew shares some personal views on bilingualism. To ensure … Continue reading
A Fourth Initiation
The Straits Times Thursday, September 22 2011 Andy Ho, a Senior Writer mentioned that our Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew recently emphasized once again the importance of bilingualism to Singapore. Mr Lee’s hope of exposing two languages at early … Continue reading
