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I realise the forum at 8TV is useless for posting views and comments. No wonder it is called Your Crap Sheet

Fine, this is what I have posted there.
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Cleo Tay has a good presentation in her program, good host with good spoken Mandarin. I am curious to know if guest speaker is selected carefully by its production team. I’m quite disappointed when I hear how Chinese in Malaysia speak Mandarin. Especially on the occasion when one is selected to be guest speaker, isn’t it a mandatory requirement to speak fluently and with correct pronounciation? I’m not pointing at the accent but pronounciation (han yu pin yin)alone.

I remember my media studies graduate friend went for an interview at 8TV station. She was not successful in applying the producer assistant position (back-end), reason given is she can’t pronounce the Chinese words correctly or you can say her Han Yu Pin Yin is poor. No chance given from them even the post is a back-end support. Well, if that is the reason to drop her application then what about the broadcaster who is in the front line? Can they play as a learning model to start educating our community to speak correctly?
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Tell me what do you think when one cannot speak a sentence wholly in mandarin. It is a Chinese Mandarin TV program, hence it meant to be delivered in Mandarin!!! As simple as 1 2 3. Try speaking the same way to Chinese in China or Taiwan, see if they find your mixture of language amusing.

I don’t find it culturally unique in that sense. *agitated* >_<