charlie: this is why you were against what they call singlish?ou still are, even though the code has their own language? lee kuan yew: you want a language which you can communicate with the world easily. if you speak your own patois you are disadvantaging yourself. i once went to jamaica for a commonwealth conference. and i will never forget this. they took over an american holiday resort so all of the cooks and so on were blacks. good cooks. they spoke in a quaint accent. so i went out to watch the fishermen bring their fish in. asked him, what kind of fish? i said what is that? and i said oh that fish. that was the result of an amalgamation of many african dialects. we inherited the english language from the reddish. we decide -- british. we decided to make it the working language. chinese, malay, inc. -- indian, the second language. charlie: are you worried about the declining birthrate? lee kuan yew: our lifestyle has changed. we are educated and independent. they don't marry until mid 30's. they are late childbearing. charlie: it is my impre

. >> rose: this is why you were against singlish. >> yes, i still are. >> rose: although the youth sort of still have their own language? >> no. youyou want a language that you can communicate to with the world easily, and if you speak your own patua english, you are disadvantaging yourself. i once went to jamaica for a commonwealth conference and i will never forget this. they took over an american holiday house to house us, with all of their cooks and so on were blacks good cooks, but they spoke in an accent, and so i went out to watch the fishermen bring their fish in, so i asked him, what kind of fish he said dan spran. >> i said what is that. >> dan sprats. >> i figured out, oh, yes,, but that was as a result of an amalgamation of many african dialects with a slave master's language. we inherited the english language from the british in a multiracial society to make it the working language, chinese, malay the second language. >> rose: are you worried today about the declining birthrate? >> i think nothing can be done about it. >> nothing. >> it is a lifestyle change the women are e