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English or languish - Probing the ramifications
of Hong Kong's language policy

Quality Assessment
Section four
Language and Society

Hong Kong's Neighbors
Singapore's Population Census
First Languages Spoken in the Home by Academic Qualification and Large Ethnic Group
Age 15 and Over

Graph 70a - Proportion of Singapore residents claiming English as their most frequently spoken language in the home in 2000. Age 15 and over. graphs 69a and 69b | graph 70b | graphs 71a, 71b, and 71c | collection index (graphs)

Helpful hint: In order to understand this graph easily select a single large ethnic group and read vertically up and down matching the color of the dot with the academic qualification found in the key. Important to note are the order in which the dots occur and the degree of separation between them. After you have understood each ethnic group then read across groups according to single levels of qualification. For further assistance in interpreting this graph see Hong Kong's Neighbors (new window) under Section Four: Language and Society, Quality Assessment.

Data Source: Singapore Government. Department of Statistics. Singapore Census of Population 2000. Advance Data Release No.3. Literacy and Language. Table 4 - Resident population by languages most frequently spoken at home and age group, p.6 [online document] Statistics Singapore/Papers and analyses/Social analysis/Advanced data release. (March 2004) [EARTH's online copy - PDF 24 KB]. Copy of data in EXCEL format also available upon special request.

Graph 70b - Proportion of Chinese Singaporean residents claiming English, Mandarin, a different Chinese language, or other language as their most frequently spoken language in the home. By qualification in 2000. Age 15 and over. graphs 69a and 69b | graph 70a | graphs 71a, 71b, and 71c | collection index (graphs)

Helpful hint: In order to understand this graph easily select a single language and read vertically up and down matching the color of the dot with the academic qualification found in the key. Important to note are the order in which the dots occur and the degree of separation between them. After you have understood each language, then read across languages according to single levels of qualification. For further assistance in interpreting this graph see Hong Kong's Neighbors (new window) under Section Four: Language and Society, Quality Assessment.

Data Source: Singapore Government. Department of Statistics. Singapore Census of Population 2000. Advance Data Release No.3. Literacy and Language. Table 5 - Resident non-student population aged 15 years and over by languages most frequently spoken at home and highest qualification attained 2000, p.7 [online document] Statistics Singapore/Papers and analyses/Social analysis/Advanced data release. (March 2004) [EARTH's online copy - PDF 24 KB]. Copy of data in EXCEL format also available upon special request.

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