The Minister for News and the Arts,BG George Yeo,mentioned in his article at the relaunch of the Lianhe Zaobao recently that in many South-east Asian countries,many people are taking up Chinese as the second language.

• 新闻及艺术部长杨荣文准将在《联合早报》一文里曾提及，有许多东南亚国家，很多人选择华文为第二语文。