enforced compulsory in unrelated fields are stupid.
the article argues about one specific field, medicine. ofcourse BM proficiency is important, you're dealing with all sorts of patients.
but to be fair, what business do those in IT, engineering, actuarial fields etc, have with having good marks in BM?

my thoughts, you can speak malay? good for u ler.
but NOT, "you can't speak malay? go retake whole semester for a totally unrelated subject.