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我国前外交部长杨荣文，上月底在“新加坡透视”（Singapore Perspectives）论坛上发表讲话时说，他日前带印尼前外长马蒂到樟宜海滩，原本想向他介绍日据时期发生的“肃清大屠杀”历史，却发现原先有四种官方语文和日语的纪念碑，被只有英语的纪念碑取代。 杨荣文认为，这形同“刻意削砍掉我们的文化基因，否定我们自身的强项和宝贵遗产”，文化同质化的新加坡，将会是“非常不有趣”的新加坡。 他也指出，除了四语外加上日文解说，是因为让日本人知道这段历史，也是重要的。 杨荣文的反映也获得各家媒体跟进报导，《海时》在本月也18日的报导指出，在国内36个重要纪念碑、旅游景点和公共机构，至少有40巴仙并没有展示所有四大官方语言：中文、英语、马来语和淡米尔语。 对此本地语言历史学者陈丹枫，也认为坚持在公共地点使用四大官方语言的告示，乃是因为语言触及狮城所有国人的生活，也是确保我国不会失去多元语言特色的有效方法之一。 “当全球许多国家的语言也越趋多样化，我国应当反思是否值得反其道而行，走向语言同质化。” 显然国家文物局也听到了杨荣文等人的反映，在上周五于脸书回应，感谢杨荣文对樟宜海滩历史纪念碑的反馈。 “二战史是新加坡历史的重要部分。有鉴于他的显著意义，我们认同杨荣文先生的观点，这些历史景点纪念碑，都应以四大官方语言注释，加上日语，让国人和游客都能更好地了解、反思新加坡曾经经历过的那段战时历史。” 文物局也表示，会重新设计并树立有上述五种语言的纪念碑，以其在内容意义的呈现和方便阅读等实际考量取得平衡。与此同时，也寻求借助科技等其他方法，方便访客们获得更多有关这些历史景点的资讯。
