The Singapore Hokkien Lam Ann Festival is returning, bringing a broader celebration of Lam Ann culture. The Braised Pork Belly Pau (S$4) came in a close second, with the bowl-shaped buns absorbing all ...

While not exactly Singapore’s national dish, Hokkien prawn mee is widespread enough that there are way too many stalls to count. It would be very contentious to give any place the title of “Best ...

Melody FM has branched into the Hokkien community, creating a designated show called Hua Hee Hok Kee La! for its Hokkien listeners.Hosted by radio personalities Linda Ang and Season Chee, both native ...

SINGAPORE — For their debut offering, new theatre group Our Company takes on the works of two well-respected playwrights, presenting Ovidia Yu’s Hokkien Me and Leow Puay Tin’s Three Children as part ...

SINGAPORE — As a child growing up in the early 2000s, I never saw the need to learn dialect (mine is Hokkien), and I rarely observed any of my peers speaking their dialect, be it among themselves or ...

GEORGETOWN — Instead of asking “How are you?”, Chinese Penangites used to greet each other with the Hokkien phrase “Lu chiak pa boey?”, which translates to, “Have you eaten?” From the hawker stalls to ...

SINGAPORE – From July, domestic helpers here will get to improve their communication skills at Hokkien and Cantonese classes organised by the NTUC’s Centre for Domestic Employees (CDE) and two ...

Sim Tze Wei showing a tree denoting the common descent of the Chinese people. A linguist has warned of the impending extinction of Hokkien, popularly regarded as one of Penang’s official languages ...

Meta's Universal Speech Translator project has made a significant developments. Credit: Rafael Henrique / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared a video demonstrating ...

Some celebrities like to show off their appreciation for other countries by learning about their language or slang — case in point, K-pop idols speaking Singlish or showing their knowledge of it while ...