Eric Chua on studying Singapore Sign Language as official sign language
The Government is studying the recognition of Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) as Singapore's official sign language, in consultation with the deaf community. As SgSL is already used in practice, it has to consider how official recognition will bring tangible benefits to the deaf community. Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family Development Eric Chua said this in reply to Parliamentary questions on Tuesday (Sep 19). He said the Government will continue to work with the deaf community to improve the provision of deaf access services. He pointed out that the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) requires TV broadcast of significant national and public interest, such as National Day Rally and Budget speeches, to be accompanied by SgSL interpretation. Mr Chua said MCI will continue to make Government communications and information more accessible and inclusive to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community and work with Mediacorp to enhance accessibility features on its free-to-air TV channels.
The Government is studying the recognition of Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) as Singapore's official sign language, in consultation with the deaf community. As SgSL is already used in practice, it has to consider how official recognition will bring tangible benefits to the deaf community. Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family Development Eric Chua said this in reply to Parliamentary questions on Tuesday (Sep 19). He said the Government will continue to work with the deaf community to improve the provision of deaf access services. He pointed out that the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) requires TV broadcast of significant national and public interest, such as National Day Rally and Budget speeches, to be accompanied by SgSL interpretation. Mr Chua said MCI will continue to make Government communications and information more accessible and inclusive to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community and work with Mediacorp to enhance accessibility features on its free-to-air TV channels.
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