BUSINESS LANGUAGE PROGRAMME

Parliament of Singapore · 23 May 1994 · 8th Parliament

Official Report, 23 May 1994, Vol 63, Issue 1 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Kanwaljit SoinLee Yock Suan
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Dr Kanwaljit Soin asked the Minister for Education whether a comprehensive business language programme will be implemented to teach languages like Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Hindi, Khmer, Thai, etc so as to equip Singaporeans for the external wing of the economy.

Mr Lee Yock Suan: The Ministry does not have plans to mount a "comprehensive" business language programme in schools and educational institutions.

However, regional languages like Mandarin, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu and Vietnamese are offered in business courses conducted at the universities and polytechnics. The regional language courses are also available as enrichment courses to other students in these institutions.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 23 May 1994. Republished on SGParliament.