Dong Jiao Zong: Language switch a step towards compulsory English usage

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The influential education group Dong Jiao Zong today cautioned the ethnic Chinese that the alternative language proposal approved last week by the government has the final objective of using English in lessons and exams in all Chinese primary schools.

"The alternative implementation method allowed in the Chinese primary school is only a temporary and transitional measure since students in all schools will have to sit for exams in English in 2008," said spokesperson Quek Suan Hiang.

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