Is this a Mockery from Singapore on the English Standards of other nations?

I saw this post on Stomp Singapore and i thought this is the most ridiculous and corniest things I had ever seen.

Quoted from Stomp:

The abuse of the world's most widely-spoken language of public administration, English, in some countries is a primary factor in marring their international repute, says STOMPer Zen.

Worse, this abuse makes these countries laughing stocks as they are errors which are not only humorous, but ridiculous.

So, Zen hopes Singapore would not descend to this low level. How can investors and tourists take a country seriously when it can't even the most international language English right?

As a frequent traveler, he sees such abuse in countries like South Korea and Japan.

The author seems to jeer at non English speaking communities and thought that English is everything to this world.

Our Complain reporters hit the busy streets of Orchard Road and let’s see what people have to say?

Complain reporter: "What is your reaction if Stomp Singapore post an article that is trying to educate fellow Singaporeans about the standard of English by including some elements of mockery on other nations?"

And here are the responses so far;

Here are some verbal responses:

16 years old Ah Beng Tan says: "I dunno lah, don't ask me leh, my father come from Taiwan, my Mother come from Hong Kong and my friend all call me Bengster Tan but irony i dunno how to speak simple Canto or Minan Hokkien. Singapore's school say only talking Guai Lo... I fail my Ang Mo, now i end up all cannot speak, even more jialat. (worst)"

47 years old Politics Ah Kau says: "I strongly agreed that we should constantly upgrade ourselves and try to master English tapi (but) we should not be too Kiasu (paranoid) about it. My father from Shanghai is a CEO of Jin Jialat Water Pte. Ltd. and my mother is the GM of Obasan Technology Sdn. Bhd. They are not native English speaking people and their success is not owned because of English, now I am the director of both enterprise and I never pass my GCE 'O' level English."

30 years old Vietnamese’s expat Trung says: "Japan and Korea have very deep influence in the world in terms of culture and contributions and they have good inventions and products and their manual are all written in their native languages. They feel so proud about it. For example, who never heard of Sony, Samsung, LG, Toshiba, Mitsubishi or Toyota. How many nations know of the Singapore brand Enzer? You mean because English so important until these creative products cannot survive without English?"

55 years old 4D, Magnum, Toto and Dua Chai striker Ah Koon says: "Now a day, young people in the Singapura don't know how to speak Malayu only talking English because this is what the school teaches by default and we call our selves part of South East Asia or ASEAN surrounded by 4 Malay countries? How to Kao Puway (associate) with people? Later they Jia (Bully) you ah. Then never mind, even the own native languages also cannot talk... Isn't that we need to feel more ashamed rather than Japanese or Korean?"

King of Complain says:
"So please i know you have many thing to Kao Bei (Complain) tell me what is your Kao Bei and give me your best Kao bei in the below Kao Bei section.

Oh yah, you can catch the original Kao Bei from Stomp at [here]

For foreigners who can't understand Singapore's or Malaysia's Lingo in the above posting please drop a Kao Bei as well. You know you like to Kao Bei."

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