CultureWhy are dialect films being loosened now? A nine-minute look at how the Speak Mandarin Campaign reshaped Singapore’s dialects

At the National Day Rally on August 23, Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced that cinemas will be allowed to show dialect films in their original audio from September, while dialect programmes on pay television will also no longer face broadcast restrictions. The video revisits Lee Kuan Yew’s Speak Mandarin Campaign and its impact on Singapore’s dialects.