We can infer from the results of the survey that teenagers in Singapore do not value their culture as much as their parents. This is so as from the survey, 57% of the teenagers' parents went for tomb sweeping but only 22% of the teenagers followed.   

     An alarming trend can be observed from the survey that the percentage of teenagers celebrating Ching Ming has decreased from 31% in 1998 to 22% in 1999. If this trend continues, by the next millennium there will be no teenagers celebrating this occasion. 

     We attribute this cause of decrease to not only the teens but also the parents.  >From the survey, we can see that over 57% of their surveyed teenagers' parents celebrate the occasion, this result does not tally with the 22% of teenagers who celebrate the occasion. Thus we can conclude that the parents of the teenagers do not enforce the need for the teenagers to celebrate this important occasion.   

     They do not educate the children on the purpose of the occasion, and so the teens do not understand the importance of it.( can be seen from question 4 and 5 that over 66% of the teenagers do not know the origin and date of Ching Ming).  

      Besides the parents, we think that the government of Singapore is also to be blamed for this. Very little emphasis is put on this festival by the government. This is extremely disappointing as Ching Ming is a festival when we can express our gratitude towards our ancestors and to reflect upon our roots.Most important of all, the traditonal spirit of "Òû Ë® ˼ Ô´¡±can be cultivated through the celebration of this festival.   

      From question 4 and 5 (Do you know the origin of Ching Ming?, Do you know which date Ching Ming falls on?) of the survey, only 34% of the teenagers know the origin of the festival. This has clearly shows their ignorance towards this important Chinese festival.  

      All in all, we can conclude that teenagers in Singapore have lost contact with this important Chinese festival. People may think that this trend occurs for Ching Ming festival only,unfortunately this is absolutely not true as teenagers are also loosing contact with other important Chinese festivals as well. If this trend is not curbed, it will certainly be extremely devastating to the upholding of the traditional Chinese cultures in Singapore.