NDR 2026: Singapore must not become a monolingual society, says PM Wong

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong shared how watching Mediacorp’s Channel 8 dramas with his family helped improve his Mandarin while he was growing up. “To learn Mandarin well, there must be a supportive social environment where it is used in everyday life. Only then can our mother tongues remain living languages,” he said in his National Day Rally speech in Mandarin on Sunday (Aug 23). #NDR2026 #singapore #sgnews Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Visit our website: https://cna.asia Download our app: https://cna.asia/app Get our editors' picks of stories via chat apps: Telegram: https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp: https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us on these platforms: https://www.facebook.com/channelnewsasia https://www.instagram.com/channelnewsasia https://www.tiktok.com/@channelnewsasia