Again, it was clear the campaign was intended to aim at the dialect-speaking Chinese, with the objective of replacing dialects with Mandarin as a common language among Chinese in such domains as coffee shops, hawker centres and shops.

• 讲华语运动很清楚地是针对讲方言的华人，要以华语取代方言，使它成为华人在咖啡店、小贩中心与商店中的共同语。