 Thus, the government has made an effort to quash the use of Singlish and to promote the use of standard English through the Speak Good English Movement over the past few years.Though failing to discourage the use of Singlish, it has resulted in Singlish having a bad reputation in recent years, further stalling efforts to document actual Singlish usage.Letters contributed to the forum of "The Straits Times", the main local newspaper, by readers have called for Singlish to be kept alive in Singapore.