From: eln314m@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au (Ms ML Hong)
Subject: Re: Was [China/Chua, An open letter] Now:- COVERT ETHNIC CLEANSING
Organization: Monash University, Australia.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 12:41:14 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.081637.1280@newsroom.utas.edu.au>, u907736@postoffice.utas.edu.au (Edmund Chia) writes:
> In article <ges.27.0@boris.net.com>, ges@boris.net.com (G.E. Song) writes:
> > 
> > In article <1992Aug25.043905.26232@newsroom.utas.edu.au> u907736@postoffice.utas.edu.au (Edmund Chia) writes:
> > >From: u907736@postoffice.utas.edu.au (Edmund Chia)
> > >Subject: Re: China/Chua, KhengHwa/Re: An open letter to Emperor Akihito of Japan
> > >Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 04:39:05 GMT
> > 
> > >In article <1992Aug21.204232.14121@leland.Stanford.EDU>, underdog@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe) writes:
> > >> 
> > >> In article <1992Aug21.100302.3508@idacom.hp.com> russil@idacom.hp.com
> > >> (Russil Wvong) writes:
> > >> >underdog@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe) writes:
> > 
> > (stuff deleted)
> > 
> 
> >From the above, it appears that Mr/Miss(?) Hong has a limited knowledge
                                              ^^^^
   Just to set the record straight, especially when I am the only Hong active
on the net at the moment, I did not write the post that has been attributed to
me. Don't worry, Edmund. I understand it must be a slip of the finger (although
S and H are quite a distance away) :-).

> [stuff deleted]
> 
> > Edmund, dear boy, when was the last
> > time you were in singapore? Did you ever watch programmes on the govt's
> > tv station? If you have been in singapore and watched the programmes
> > you would have noticed that english programmes are usually sub-titled.
> > Entertainment programmes get subtitled in any one of the non-english 
> > official languages. A movie may be sub-titled in chinese and the next movie
> > may sub-titled in some other language. I did not notice any one language
> > predominating over any other language. English documentaries are always
> >                                                                  ^^^^^^
> > sub-titled in chinese. The chinese characters are so big that they obstruct
> > a large portion of the bottom of the screen. I have found this to be most
> > infuriating.
> 
> I can't be too sure about the sub-titles because when I watch English
> programmes, I do not read the sub-titles, nor do I know why the Chinese
> characters are so big. If I was to hazard a guess, I would say that was
> because a lot of Singaporeans are short-sighted - That helps because I
> DO read subtitles when I watch Chinese or Malay or Indian movies.
> 
>  
> > I have never seen a documentary sub-titled in other ethnic language.
> > Is this because the other ethnic groups are not interested
> > in documentaries or is it because the govt. believes that the other
> > ethnic groups need not be educated to the same extent as the chinese?
> 

  I remember watching documentaries in Malay and Tamil with English subtitles.
I particularly watched out for these ones because I could learn the spelling
and names of the animals/technologies/countries/etc the documentaries were
about. Most of the verbal English commentaries were too fast for me, and I 
could read the summarised English subtitles at ease.
  On the other hand, I have also seen documentaries subtitled in Malay.
Subtitling in Tamil might be a problem due to the shape of the language, I
think. No offence intended. Has anyone seen subtitling in Tamil on the TV
screen in other countries? If it is feasible, we should urge the SBC to do
so.
  
> [more deletion] 
> 
> Edmund

Mun Li
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