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Dear Editor,
I am Chinese and have been living in Richmond for more than 25 years now.
Every Chinese-Canadian I know/talked to does not think Chinese-only signs are appropriate.
There is the saying that “When in Rome, do as the Romans do”. This is Canada; let’s do it the Canadian way, although the law allows the freedom of speech.
Also, for the fact that our children are educated here and most of the time their primary spoken language is English. If you go to the park/school playground, you will find 99 per cent of the Asian-Canadian kids there communicate to each other exclusively in English. And they are going to grow up that way — English only. And that’s exactly what happened to my two children too.
No matter how hard I encourage them to study/speak Chinese, they are reluctant to do so. So the primary language I use with them is English.
The reality is most of these Chinese Canadian kids are going to grow up not being able to read those Chinese signs. I and my family and friends support the signage bylaws.
Let’s do it, not just for the harmony of the city, but also for the future generations.
David Gao |
發表於 2017-9-25 17:49
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