1) Singapore Chooses Mandarin Over Teochew for “Dear You” – Is a Dialect Being Sidelined? 2) “Dear You” to Be Mostly in Mandarin: Is Teochew Losing Ground in Singapore? 3) Mandarin Takes Center Stage in Singapore’s “Dear You” – What Happens to Teochew?
Singapore’s media regulators reportedly pushed for the film “Dear You” to be shot mainly in Mandarin rather than Teochew – a move that has sparked alarm over the loss of cultural heritage and the narrowing of linguistic diversity