Mother Tongue still vital?

I agree with PM Lee Hsien Loong's statement that Mother Tongue education is still vital. Singapore has always been known for her bilingualism and i don't believe that by just cutting the weighting of Mother Tongue would do any help to the students.

It is said that, for years, a vocal and potentially growing group of English-speaking parents has argued that the weighting given to mother tongue penalises pupils who excel in all subjects except Mother Tongue. And due to that, many can't get into top schools. However, other subjects like Mathematics, Science and even English itself require the usage of English three times more than mother tongue. It seems to be rather fair too. Chinese might also be the only language which students from Chinese-speaking families can most probably do well in.

As cliché as it is, how can a Chinese not know how to speak in his/her own language? In the midst of catching up with the world in English, we should not also forget our very own Chinese roots. Moreover, Chinese surely would also come in handy if we were to be at countries like China and Taiwan. Though English is the most spoken language in the world, i don't agree that mother tongue should be should be neglected and i hope to see mother tongue playing an important part in the culture as the time passes by.

- Yongqing's :D