At its heart, the fervour around the Teochew-language film is not about disagreement with Singapore’s language policy. It is grief for a dying language, says NTU linguistics professor Tan Ying Ying.

“We remain open to facilitating and supporting further Teochew screenings should the distributor wish to apply for them, in response to audience interest,” said the Ministry of…

The Ministry of Digital Development and Information said earlier on Monday that it remained open to facilitating and supporting further Teochew screenings of the film.