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Singapore’s “Speak Good English Movement”

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Bill Dorman

Published June 24, 2013 at 10:18 AM HST

Hawaii is not the only place where the use of pidgin gets debated. In Singapore, the use of language is the topic of an annual government campaign. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more in today’s Asia Minute.