Speak Mandarin Campaign T-Shirt 1983

Title
Speak Mandarin Campaign T-Shirt 1983
Year/Period
1983
Region
Singapore
Object Type
shirts (main garments), commemoratives
Material
cloth
Technique
sewing (needleworking technique), printing (process)
Dimension
Object size: 62.0 x 74.0 cm
Accession No.
2022-00592
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore
Credit Line
Gift of Cleo Thang

This shirt is a souvenir from the 1983 Speak Mandarin Campaign. Launched in 1979 by PM Lee Kuan Yew, the Speak Mandarin Campaign is an ongoing campaign which aims to encourage Singaporean Chinese to use Mandarin in everyday life.

 

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