atitarev Posted February 4, 2007 at 06:43 AM Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 at 06:43 AM Cantonese vs Mandarin vs English in Hong Kong? In this article they describe the dilemma of the language of education, initially English vs Cantonese and then Mandarin (the article has muliple pages, click on "next page" to read the article in full): http://www.iht.com/articles/1997/10/14/shong.t.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameproof Posted February 4, 2007 at 11:27 AM Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 at 11:27 AM On a related note, what do people in HK mean when they say 'Chinese'? Cantonese. Period. If they want mandarin skills then they write Mandarin, or Putonghua. So what "Chinese" means differs strongly and can mean anything. Funny side note: I remember when I saw an ad for an flight attendant in a HK newspaper which should speak "Indian" (there is no such language) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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