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Singapore Tamils[1][2][3][failed verification] who majorly came from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory Puducherry and some people are also from Sri Lanka.[4][5][self-published source] Singapore has emerged as the most preferred destination among migrants from Tamil Nadu. A study has revealed that 410,000 of the 2.2 million Tamil Nadu diaspora were residing in Singapore in 2015.[6]

Status

Tamil is one of the four official languages of Singapore.[7] Tamil is taught as a second language in most government schools from primary to junior college levels. Tamil is an examinable subject at all major nationwide exams. Tamil Murasu as Tamil daily newspaper based in Singapore. Oli 968 as Tamil radio station based in Singapore and Vasantham as Tamil free-to-air terrestrial television channel based in Singapore.[8][failed verification]

Little India

Little India, Singapore is an ethnic place of Indians located in the east of Singapore and mostly follows the Tamil cultural heritage system.

Media

Radio

Frequency (FM) TRP (kW) Station RDS Language Genre Opening date
96.8 MHz 10 Mediacorp Oli 968 OLI_968_ Tamil Adult contemporary
Infotainment		 1 March 1937; 86 years ago (1 March 1937) (under British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation)

Television

Channel Frequency Name LCN Language Picture format Type 24-hours Multiplex Opening date
31 554MHz Vasantham[a] 5HD Tamil HDTV (1080i 16:9) General entertainment No MUX2 15 February 1963; 60 years ago (15 February 1963)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ replacing Vasantham Central formerly by Central

References

  1. ^ "Pure Tamil promoted in China radio station". AsiaOne. Archived from the original on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
  2. ^ Ramaswamy, Vijaya (22 May 2007). Historical Dictionary of the Tamils. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810864450.
  3. ^ Rahil, Siti (2 October 2008). "Singapore Tamils see worrying sign". The Japan Times Online.
  4. ^ Singapore, National Library Board. "Tamil community | Infopedia". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  5. ^ "When Singapore Tamils visit India, they don't "go home", they leave their home". The Online Citizen. 4 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Singapore most preferred destination of Tamil diaspora, study finds - Times of India". The Times of India.
  7. ^ Singapore, R. o. (1999). Constitution of the Republic of Singapore. Retrieved 10 1, 2010, from Singapore Statutes Online: http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_retrieve.pl?&actno=Reved-CONST&date=latest&method=part
  8. ^ Seah, May (21 October 2008). "Two new free-to-air channels launch in Singapore". channelnewsasia.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2008.
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