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Singaporeans pride themselves on their bilingualism. From the 1960s, our schools have taught us English along with a mother tongue language – Mandarin for Chinese, Bahasa Melayu for Malays and Tamil for Indians who speak the language. Other than language lessons, the main language of instruction in Singapore schools is English.
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