S'poreans split on Mother Tongue weighting

When I came to Singapore I was full of envy, because all of the students can speak two languages.
Nowadays bilingualism is very important for work. Because of globalization, we have to meet many different people who speak different languages. Thus it is important for people to be bilingual in order to communicate with them during meetings and to maintain business relationships with them. In Korea, to learn a second language we have to go to an institute and we have to pay more money to learn. However, in Singapore, the students get to learn mother tongue in school which is cheaper than in an institute.
In Korea, we learn English as a second language; however the standard for English is very low when compared to the Korean language and English is hardly used in most contexts. Not like in Singapore, where Chinese is widely used and the standard for Chinese and English is almost the same.
The Bilingual system in Singapore would also help Singapore’s Economy and Singapore as a whole as compared with other countries, where the people can only speak one language or speak the second language poorly, for example in Korea.
In conclusion, in my opinion Singapore does not need to change this system and should keep the weighting for both the languages the same as it will not only benefit the students but it will help the Singapore government and Singapore in the long run.