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Published 2012
In Singapore, Chinese faces seem to outnumber Indians, Malays, and all others. I ask our taxi driver about the country’s Chinese residents. Our talkative driver opens up. “I’m Cantonese,” he says. “The Chinese make up about 75 percent of the population here, with Hokkiens being the biggest group.” “What about Hakka?” I ask. “The fourth largest,” he responds. “The government wants everyone to speak Mandarin rather than dialects. Our first president,
He drops us off at Moi Kong Hakka Restaurant. This family restaurant goes back to the 1950s, with the last twenty-plus years at this Maxwell Street location (which has since closed).
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