No Reason To Fear English

WHY are people still trying to stop the teaching of Maths and Science in English after all these years?
Interestingly, those making noise are not involved in education. These people claim we will lose our Malay language just because we change the medium of instruction in two subjects.
This can never happen. After all, we did not lose the Malay language, even after 100 years of British rule, so how can changing the medium of instruction in two subjects make us lose the Malay language?
I grew up studying most subjects in English. My friends — Indians, Sikhs, Malays, Chinese — never had any problem mixing around with each other, and never bothered about race. There was a strong bond among us because we spoke a common language — English!
I am now teaching in a primary school in a rural area and I see my fellow Maths and Science teachers teaching in English without any problems.
The children enjoy learning and, in fact, speak more English than they did before. They surf the Internet together and cooperate in projects although they are just in primary school.
I really don’t understand why people are against the English language.
Perhaps they want to keep the elite in the city forever elite, and the rubber tappers in the rural areas forever rubber tappers.