Lin Xiaosheng, curator of the Singapore History Museum, says: "Quite clearly, Singaporeans are beginning to develop a consciousness about the place they live, and are concerned about the erosion of traditional culture." It is only in the last five years that the museum itself began recruiting staff with both English and Chinese language skills, and systematically building up a collection of local opera artifacts.
「很明顯的，新加坡人開始萌發本土意識，關注傳統文化的流失了」，國立新加坡歷史博物館館長林孝勝指出，包括歷史博物館都是在近五年來才開始招收英、華雙語人才，有計畫地收藏地方戲曲文物。