I'm not familiar with Singapore or Japan. I think it's a different topic at that point, not familiar with anyone advocating it in this thread or anywhere else.

I'm not familiar with Singapore or Japan. I think it's a different topic at that point, not familiar with anyone advocating it in this thread or anywhere else. They probably have different rationale behind simplification though. Even then, it was before the advent of computers / IMEs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input_method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input_method)