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【Abstract】This article illustrates Singapore’s bilingual policy has managed Singapore’s multicultural and multilingual population， which is a crucial resource in ensuring Singapore’s competitive edge over many competing economies globally. English possesses linguistic market value， and its adoption as Singapore’s working language is thus positioned by the state as a capital in its people.
【Key words】language policy; linguistic capital; meritocracy; multiculturalism; diversity
【作者簡介】Gui Yi，Hubei University of Technology.
In Singapore’s globalized economy founded on the ideology of meritocracy built on neoliberal principle of self-reliance， English was declared one of the country’s four co-official languages， together with three other local languages， i.e. Mandarin， Malay and Tamil after Singapore’s independence in 1965. In 1966， Singapore implemented a bilingual education policy following the recommendation of the All-Party Committee set up in 1959 to look into the multilingual issue of the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural country， which is， if English was the medium of instruction， students were required to learn an ethnically ascribed second language which was either Chinese， or Malay or Tamil （e.g.， Platt
【Key words】language policy; linguistic capital; meritocracy; multiculturalism; diversity
【作者簡介】Gui Yi，Hubei University of Technology.
In Singapore’s globalized economy founded on the ideology of meritocracy built on neoliberal principle of self-reliance， English was declared one of the country’s four co-official languages， together with three other local languages， i.e. Mandarin， Malay and Tamil after Singapore’s independence in 1965. In 1966， Singapore implemented a bilingual education policy following the recommendation of the All-Party Committee set up in 1959 to look into the multilingual issue of the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural country， which is， if English was the medium of instruction， students were required to learn an ethnically ascribed second language which was either Chinese， or Malay or Tamil （e.g.， Platt