An era of revival? A study of hakka associations’ responses to the Singapore government’s anti-dialect policies

• Main Author: Chong, Jing Yee
• Other Authors: Ngoei Wen-Qing
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73567
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Following the PAP-government’s inauguration in 1959, state-regulation in Singapore became increasingly tailored towards nation-building. To this end, dialect identities were perceived by the PAP-government as a challenge to its definitions of a Singaporean national identity. This led to the implemen...