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English in Hongkong: the future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Tim Hamlett
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AT FIRST glance the status of English in Hongkong appears as a traditional legacy of colonialism. English is the language of laws and government documents, of schools and universities, of place and street names, of courts and councils. A variety of subtle inducements, and some not so subtle, encourage intercourse with Britain for educational, legal and business purposes, and the language of such intercourse is English. But at the end of June that will all be over. Hongkong will be returned to Chinese sovereignty and the advantages of English will disappear. What next?

Type
English in Hong Kong
Information
English Today , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , July 1997 , pp. 10 - 11
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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