Comments on: More from Petaling Street…

By: glenda larke

glenda larke — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:23:33 +0000

Lol, Peter! I was actually intrigued by the odd appearance of the spectacle earpieces…

By: glenda larke

glenda larke — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:33:56 +0000

And Malaysia has its own Chinese language newspapers sold everywhere, not just Chinatown. Many Malaysian Chinese – for reasons which totally mystify me – send their kids to Chinese language schools. As someone who sent my children to local Malaysian schools, this is just jaw-droppingly odd. Like sending American citizen kids to a Spanish language school in Boston, where English is taught as a second language. Or sending UK citizens in Liverpool to an Urdu medium school.

Why would you want to deny the language and culture of the country you have called your own?

My kids speak perfect English and are quite familiar with my culture because we spoke a lot of English at home, and read in English, watched a lot of English language TV. I didn't see the need to send them to an English language school.

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:02:27 +0000

I guess they do everywhere, probably a bit naive of me to be so surprised when I saw them. That was in 1988

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:38:29 +0000

I think it's called a motorbike.:-)

Jo, they sell Chinese newspapers and magazines in Sydney too.

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 05:56:47 +0000

Glasses? Do they sell Chinese newspapers there, I was fascinated to see them in San Francisco, somehow I didn't connect that the Chinese would print their own papers, I don't know why not.