Study at least one foreign language be made compulsory?
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Teach them proper english first.
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Teach them how to express properly in mother tongue first.
After they can do that, teach english.
I know under the current system, to implement this reform is impossible.
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I would prefer to keep the option open for keen students, who are interested, able and willing to master additional language outside the school syllabus. Beside, the students can always have a chance later in life to pick it up with foreign schools, be it a job requirement or a personal interest that could come later.
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One can see this question in terms of the consequences and implications .
It shd be made complusory if the language allows Singapore to have an edge over other countries when the lanuage barrier is eliminated, thus allowing more cooperations or trade with more countries, increasing the country's revenue in the long run.
On the contrary, it shd not be made compulsory because different people have different aptitude in learning languages. It would be hard on them to learn an entirely alien lanuage andeventually unable to really master the language, the result is to defeat the purpose of learning a new language.
Besides that, the proficiency of many Singaporeans in their English and Mother Tongue are already not very high. There's even this phenomenon of 'Chinglish"- mixture of Chinese and English, and 'Singlish' - with lingos like 'lah', 'lor' etc. It would be unlikely that they can master another new language to them, not to mention the already heavy workload of students nowadays.
Hence, studying another foreign language should not be made compulsory. Instead, only individals who have the capability, passion and aptitude to take up nother new language should be encouraged to learn a foreign language.
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it's in the curriculum but to learn or not is up to u
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I feel that we could not even speak English/Mandarin well (very seldom that i see can a person speak and write both well), an extra language will definitely make the students suffer in school. Hence i think this policy is not necessary at all.
If a person wants to learn a 3rd language, sure go ahead but i feel that he/she should get the base right (English and Mandarin) before hittin on other foreign languages.
but anyway to me, Spanish will be useful
for work and travel. and thats the only language im interested in. Maybe this helps to motivate me in learnin the language 
Malay comes next.German seems difficult for me
but luckily i dont fancy that