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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