Take a look at these 11 simple home remedies for a sore throat which might help soothe the pain or solve the problem entirely. This is an age old trick that really does work. For generations people have been gargling warm salt water in order to treat a sore throat, and even today it could be one of the best solutions. The reason it works is that the salt water decreases the swelling of the mucous membranes.
In Singapore, Mandarin is the official variety of the Chinese language used by the government, which has a Speak Mandarin Campaign (SMC) seeking to actively promote the use of Mandarin over other Chinese varieties. Cantonese is spoken by a little over 15% of Chinese households in Singapore.
Although Hokkien is the most spoken variety of Chinese and Mandarin is the medium of education at Chinese-language schools, Cantonese is largely influential in the local Chinese-language media and is used as a commercial speech by Chinese Malaysians in and around regions where Cantonese is prominent.