English crucial for economic growth, foreign investments


THE assurance by Minister Fadhlina Sidek on Saturday that the Education Ministry will give top priority this year to improving the quality of English language education is welcome and reassuring (“MOE giving top priority to English”, The Star, Jan 20; online at tinyurl.com/ mr2mbmmt).

This assurance is long overdue and it is the responsibility of the Minister to see it through. This is important because while we must increase proficiency in Bahasa Malaysia, we must also recognise that English is the language of science, aviation, computers, diplomacy, tourism and international communication.

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