Emphasizing Chinese Once Again: "The history of Singapore is very short, but if we speak Chinese, we can link ourselves to the 5000-year history of China," said Prime Minister Goh Chok- tong at the opening of this year's campaign.
「新加坡的歷史很短，但是如果我們會說華語，我們就可以跟具有五千年歷史的中華文化認同」，吳作棟總理在今年華語運動的開幕式上如是說。