Aims
The campaign aims to discourage the use of Singlish and encourage the use of a more standardized form of English (i.e. generally modelled on the British standard). According to the movement's chairman, then Colonel(NS) David Wong, the Speak Good English Movement aims to build a sense of pride that Singaporeans can speak good English, as opposed to Singlish, as well as to check the trend where Singaporeans use Singlish as a way of identifying themselves. Instead, it envisions a brand of grammatically correct English, different from Singlish, to be linked with the unique Singaporean identity.
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