What is the language spoken in SG work environment? Is it proper English or singlish?

Appreciated an example by work environment, I.e. small company, big company, global firm etc.

Also, is fluent in mandarin ( reading,writing and speaking ) an advantage working in SG?

Thanks

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In most MNC, proper professional English (UK or US ok) is usually used.
In local start ups, SME, maybe a mix of proper english (for external communication) and singlish (mostly internal if your colleagues are comfortable with that), or even mandarin if there are many chinese speaking colleagues.

I think additional language ability is always helpful in working in SG though the core working language is english. (Of course it also depends on who you / the company works with. If you are working with China/chinese speaking clients, then it fluency in mandarin becomes necessary skill....)

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