How are you my friends?
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We are chinese, it is no doubt, but we have ever lived under the reign of U.K. and standed between two cultures- the Chinese and English culture. Owing to the speical emphasis of English and Mandarin in the Hong Kong education system, I think we always feel that we ourselves have an inadequate training in these languages despite the hot time we have spent.
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It is universally true that one who hopes to learn a foregin language should have learned his mother tongue first. If you are already weak at Cantonese, surely you will not make so much progress in learning English and Mandarin. Just like building a house, if the foundation is not firm enough, it will only be waste of time to build higher. Very often, many Hong Kong People, like me, are the less likely to write a good paper in Chinese, yet not to mention in English. A good presentation can clearly convey our message to other people despite it is in oral or written, it is needless to say how significant the English and Mandarin languages are to us in nowaday Hong Kong but it is necessary to say that high ability in speaking English and Mandarin will not rule out the possibility of affecting to our working areas, chance of promotion and social gatherings.
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The purpose of this journal is to remind all friends of mine something about learning three different languages, Cantonese, English and Mandarin, and about writing two different languages, Chinese and English. Don't make them to be "Candarin, mixed with Cantonese & Mandrain" or "Chinglish- mixed with Chinese and English". My teacher told me that learning native language to all Hong Kong People is not a big problem as we are native cantonese, learning mandarin in Hong Kong will not be a big problem as speaking mandarin will be widely common in Hong Kong land, this tendency can be seen in the sectors of industry, engineering and hotel business. Finally, learning English language just a small problem as speaking English is easy as ABC.
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Just a note!
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Ken Ngan
兩文三語要學好, 升職加薪快望倒! 快望倒!
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