Those who can't forget the sour taste of being at a linguistic disadvantage say bitterly, "It's a big lie. They say they want Chinese spoken everywhere in society, but in fact those who speak Chinese are thought of as being low class and are given a lower status."
有人忘不了當年在語言弱勢下嘗盡的辛酸，滿臉寒霜地說：「都是騙人的，說什麼要在社會上多講華語，可是事實上講華語就是沒有水準，地位比人低。」