dialect

is it wrong to learn dialect?

i was reading the papers a few days ago. it said that some sec sch are allowing students to take dialect as 3rd language in the form of songs.

i believe its good lor. cos at least they will know how to pronounce the words and know their dialect.

the next day, a guy wrote 'y waste tax payer money on dialect which is not econmical?'

looking at china n tw, the ppl there may not teach dialect as their main language but they are able to speak and read in dialect unlike us using pinyin for chim words.
my language may not be strong but my script had abt 20% - 30% pinyin.

the 3rd language, i believe is optional. if u dont like it, dont learn lah. there are some religions which promote english n not other languages. i believe the writer belong to these religions lor. if the dialect is not popular, there wont be ppl learning them. i also believe the writer cant read or speak his own dialect. he 'destroyed' his own foundation, that's his business lor. y write this type of discouraging thing.

when we go ktv, there are lots of youngsters like us singing dialect songs. when i went ktv with alumni some time ago, not many sing dialect cos the lost of foundation but at least they said they heard the song before. so y must this language be destroyed?

in charity shows, dialect singers are allowed to sing for 10 min but they managed to rise the most money most of the time. i believe the IDA and other related ministries should review this policy.