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in respond to shihao's post
星期四, 十一月 19, 2009
shihao, i do agree with wad u have said. the problem lies in which MT is not a compulsory sub for academic purpose. I am a great example, i hate English恨之入骨，but i have no choice as it is compulsory and the most important requirement for entry to uni. haha, so i learn and try to pass!!! i seriously hate it. If english is not a compulsory sub, i guess i would just put it aside and let the dust cover it totally. haha

However, i think it is quite hard to raise its importance. Singapore unlike other countries, we are multiracial. It would garther some resentment if government is going to make Chinese language compulsory, so the only way is to make MT including malays and Tamil compulsory. I think malay and tamil do not face the problem that chinese language encounter. So the government only can keep on emphasize on the importance of chinese language, but cant make it compulsory lo.

Moreover, Singapore's main focus is high tech ind, so we have to make science and maths on the high end. English today still hold its position in the world, in order to make singapore competitive, we need English.
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