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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1987
HE SAID
THAT WHILE HE
WAS
THE
EMPHASISING THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPORTANCE OF CHINESE OR то
DOWNGRADING
ENGLISH, HE WAS NOT PROMOTE THE USE OF ENGLISH AT THE EXPENSE OF CHINESE.
WHERE 99 PER CENT "IN A COMMUNITY
OF THE POPULATION ARE BECOMING CHINESE AND WHERE OUR ALREADY IMPORTANT LINKS WITH CHINA ARE MORE SIGNIFICANT EVERY DAY AS WE
PARAMOUNT APPROACH 1997, THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A HIGH STANDARD OF CHINESK FULLY RECOGNISED.
EXPECTED "IT CAN BE
IS SELF-EVIDENT AND
GROWING IMPORTANCE OF COURTS AND WITH THE OF TEACHING IN OUR SAID
THAT, WITH THE
AND THE CHINESE AS A LANGUAGE OF GOVERNMENT INCREASING USE OF THE MOTHER-TONGUE AS A MEDIUM SCHOOLS, THE STANDARD OF CHINESE IS BOUND TO KEEP ON IMPROVING, MR CHÁU.
F
H
BOARDS, THE
THE
BEYOND THE CHINESE-SPEAKING WORLD OF THE DISTRICT
THE AREA
MUTUAL COMMITTEES,
AID COMMITTEES AND THE GRASSROOTS GENERALLY, TO WHICH I HAVE BECOME SO ACCUSTOMED, ENGLISH IS STILL LANGUAGE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE, HE ADDED.
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TOWARDS BECOMING "THE DANGER FOR HONG KONG IS THAT AS WE MOVE
MORE A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION UNDER CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY AND AS
SWITCH OVER TO USING SCHOOLS, WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S ENCOURAGEMENT,
FOR IT THE MOTHER-TONGUE IN TEACHING, THERE MIGHT DEVELOP A TENDANCY TO BECOME LESS AND LESS FASHIONABLE TO USE ENGLISH OR IT, "MR CHAU SAID.
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"THAT WOULD BE A MISTAKE, HE SAID.
EVEN ΤΟ LEARN
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KONG'S CONTINUING CENTRE AND
PROSPERITY THAT MEANS
MR CHAU STRESSED THAT HONG
REMAINING AN INTERNATIONAL DEPENDS ON ITS HAVING A HIGH STANDARD OF ENGLISH.
MR
PRAISED CHAU
THE
SOROPTIMIST CLUB OF
KONG HONG
FULFILLING ITS OBJECTIVES IN INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND CONTRIBUTING TO CHARITABLE ORGNISATIONS.
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