And the local newspapers report that some parents say that studying the mother tongue will only add to children's work and prevent students from studying English. If their children have no interest in the hard work of studying Chinese, some of these parents will move their families abroad.
據當地報載，也有一些家長，認為學習母語只會增加負擔，阻礙孩子學英語；如果孩子也把華語視為苦差事，興味索然，家長甚至為此舉家移民海外。