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\nPlans are in the pipeline to transform an industrial building into a complex where English is the only language.<\/p>\n

The chairman of the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research, Cheng Kai-ming, said everyone would have to communicate in English in a facility given a new meaning in life.<\/p>\n

The financial secretary announced with last month’s budget that HK$5 billion was to be injected into the Language Fund to help with long-term aims of a broad and linguistically smart community.<\/p>\n

The committee was established to provide advice to the government on language education and on how best to use the Language Fund.<\/p>\n

Cheng told Sing Tao Daily, The Standard’s sister publication, that one of his plans for the new funding is to revitalize a vacant industrial building in Northern District or Tuen Mun, where the all-English environment could be created.<\/p>\n

People would have to speak in English when they use facilities such as restaurants and hair salons in the mall- like complex. And offices there could be rented to English organizations.<\/p>\n

Preliminarily talks are being held with business chambers, Cheng added.<\/p>\n

“As schools in Hong Kong are lacking an environment for English language, we hope that there will be more chances for students to speak and use English,” he said.<\/p>\n

A government source revealed earlier that the HK$5 billion was meant to be seed money with an annual return of HK$250 million from projects.<\/p>\n

There would also be support for teachers of Chinese to take courses on how best to help non-Chinese students learn the language.<\/p>\n

Set up in 1994, the Language Fund provides financial support for projects and activities aimed at promoting bi-literacy and tri- lingualism among Hongkongers, including programs to support non-Chinese- speaking students learning Chinese.<\/p>\n

The fund has since its inception had six injections of finance totaling HK$3.5 billion. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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