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countries, passengers like to read
read while they are
travelling by train. Here in Hong Kong, most of
the residents are attracted only
only to
to comic books
that depict violence. This is because the people
in Hong Kong
Kong have not developed a good reading habit. In promoting the use of Chinese, a Chinese Language Foundation would ` be helpful in
encouraging the public to read high quality
publications. This means the Foundation should pay attention to the production and publication of high quality books and encourage the public to buy them so that a good reading habit may be formed in
our community.
(B) Educational Aspects
The
Government has now begun to direct
attention to Chinese language textbooks for
secondary school curriculum and refresher courses language teachers, yet care should be given to
(1) raising the standard of Chinese textbooks and
workbooks in all subjects for primary schools
its
the
for
At present, there is much to be desired in the
linguistic standard of Chinese textbooks and
workbooks for all subjects. They contain
superfluous wording, and dialectal expressions.
The choice of words and phrases is also
incompatible with the language children using these textbooks.
have been pointed out in the the
newspapers and
reports.
ability of
school
Such shortcomings
readers' column in
in special television
In view of this, it is essential to
even