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Written by: Deng Yinglin
2021-06-10 16:48
Last update date: 2021-06-10 16:48
Earlier this month, the Ministry of Education of China issued the "Report on Language Life in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (2021)", recommending that Hong Kong integrate Putonghua into the assessment system, promote Putonghua teaching, and establish the status of Putonghua and simplified characters in law.
The Secretary of Education Yang Runxiong responded today (10th) that Putonghua learning is part of the curriculum and will still do it. As Hong Kong people will need to interact with cities in the Greater Bay Area in the future, there will be more and more exchanges. The Education Bureau will encourage students to After learning traditional characters, learn simplified characters again.
The Secretary for Education, Yang Runxiong, believes that learning Putonghua and simplified characters is "profitable but harmless": "You must know simplified characters when you learn traditional characters."
(Photo by Yu Junliang)
The Secretary for Education Yang Runxiong responded today (10th) that Putonghua learning is part of the Hong Kong education curriculum and will continue. However, the Education Bureau encourages students to learn simplified characters after learning traditional characters.
He pointed out that "you must know simplified characters when you learn traditional characters." This is because with the development of the Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong people will also interact with mainland citizens in their daily lives, and there will be more and more opportunities for communication. He described learning Mandarin and simplified characters as " It is profitable without harm."
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