With English increasingly being the language spoken at home, teenagers who are eager to immerse themselves in Chinese philosophy or Malay literature may seem to be few and far between.
But special language programmes that the Ministry of Education (MOE) has put in place over the years continue to draw students and have quietly expanded to more schools.
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