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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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