For the new generation around the age of 20 that has been raised under this policy of bilingual education, Chinese was only an unimportant course they had to take. Although it seems as if Mandarin has become more widely spoken, its level has declined.
而在雙語政策下長成的廿來歲新生代，學校的華文課只是聊備一格，表面上華語越來越普及，但程度卻日趨低落。