Singapore Tamils

Status

Tamil Language is one of the four official languages in Singapore.[7] Tamil is taught as a second language in all government schools from primary to junior college levels. Tamil is an examinable subject at all major nationwide exams. There is a daily Tamil newspaper printed in Singapore, the Tamil Murasu. There is a full-time radio station, Oli 96.8, and a full-fledged TV channel, Vasantham.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Pure Tamil promoted in China radio station". AsiaOne. Archived from the original on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  2. Ramaswamy, Vijaya (22 May 2007). Historical Dictionary of the Tamils. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810864450.
  3. Rahil, Siti (2 October 2008). "Singapore Tamils see worrying sign". The Japan Times Online.
  4. Singapore, National Library Board. "Tamil community | Infopedia". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  5. "When Singapore Tamils visit India, they don't "go home", they leave their home". The Online Citizen. 4 August 2016.
  6. "Singapore most preferred destination of Tamil diaspora, study finds - Times of India". The Times of India.
  7. Singapore, R. o. (1999). Constitution of the Republic of Singapore. Retrieved 10 1, 2010, from Singapore Statutes Online: http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_retrieve.pl?&actno=Reved-CONST&date=latest&method=part
  8. Seah, May (21 October 2008). "Two new free-to-air channels launch in Singapore". channelnewsasia.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2008.
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