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Direct linkKan, Vincent; Adamson, Bob – London Review of Education, 2010
Language in education debates in Hong Kong focus on the role and status of English (as the former colonial language and an important means for international communication); Cantonese, the mother tongue of the majority of the population; and Putonghua, the national language of China. This paper examines the language policy formulated in 1997-1998,…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Official Languages, Language of Instruction, Foreign Countries
