Not to give conflicting signals, then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew also stopped making speeches in Hokkien, which he had become fluent in after frequent use since 1961.

• 举一反三, 文化多样性是人类文明发展的基础, 对社会群体的心理建设(和防卫)具有影响力, 新加坡人不能轻视。