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    The document discusses medium of instruction in primary, secondary, and tertiary education in Hong Kong. At primary and secondary levels, most schools use Cantonese as the medium of instruction, with Chinese and English also used. Universities mainly use English as the medium, though Cantonese is commonly used informally. The document also briefly discusses the media landscape in Hong Kong.

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    The document discusses medium of instruction in primary, secondary, and tertiary education in Hong Kong. At primary and secondary levels, most schools use Cantonese as the medium of instruction, with Chinese and English also used. Universities mainly use English as the medium, though Cantonese is commonly used informally. The document also briefly discusses the media landscape in Hong Kong.

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    Medium of instruction

    At primary and secondary school levels, the government maintains a policy of "mother tongue instruction"; most schools use Cantonese as the medium
    of instruction, with written education in both Chinese and English. Other languages being used as medium of instruction in non-international school
    education include English and Putonghua (Standard Mandarin Chinese). Secondary schools emphasise "bi-literacy and tri-lingualism", which has
    encouraged the proliferation of spoken Mandarin language education.[340]

    English is the official medium of instruction and assessments for most university programmes in Hong Kong, although use of Cantonese is predominant
    in informal discussions among local students and professors.[341][342][343][344][345][346]

    Tertiary education

    University of Hong Kong main building


    Hong Kong has eleven universities. The University of Hong Kong (HKU) was founded as the city's first institute of higher education during the early
    colonial period in 1911.[347] The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) was established in 1963 to fill the need for a university that taught using
    Chinese as its primary language of instruction.[348] Along with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) established in 1991, these
    universities are consistently ranked among the top 50 or top 100 universities worldwide.[349][350][351]

    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)[352] and City University of Hong Kong (CityU), both granted university status in 1994, are consistently
    ranked among the top 100 or top 200 universities worldwide.[349][350][351] The Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) was granted university status in
    1994[353] and is a liberal arts institution. Lingnan University,[354] Education University of Hong Kong,[355] Hong Kong Metropolitan University (formerly Open
    University of Hong Kong),[356] Hong Kong Shue Yan University[357] and Hang Seng University of Hong Kong all attained full university status in
    subsequent years.

    Media
    Main article: Media of Hong Kong

    TVB City, headquarters of Hong Kong's first over-the-air television


    station
    Most of the newspapers in Hong Kong are written in Chinese but there are also a few English-language newspapers. The major one is the South China
    Morning Post, with The Standard serving as a business-oriented alternative. A variety of Chinese-language newspapers are published daily; the most
    prominent are Ming Pao and Oriental Daily News. Local publications are often politically affiliated, with pro-Beijing or pro-democracy sympathies. The
    central government has a print-media presence in the territory through the state-owned Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po.[358] Several international
    publications have regional operations in Hong Kong, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The New York Times International
    Edition, USA Today, Yomiuri Shimbun, and The Nikkei.[359]

    Three free-to-air television broadcasters operate in the territory; TVB, HKTVE, and Hong Kong Open TV air eight digital channels.[360] TVB, Hong Kong's
    dominant television network, has an 80% viewer share.[361] Pay TV services operated by Cable TV Hong Kong and PCCW offer hundreds of additional
    channels and cater to a variety of audiences.[360] RTHK is the public broadcaster, providing seven radio channels and three television channels.[362] Ten
    non-domestic broadcasters air programming for the territory's foreign population.[360] Access to media and information over the Internet is not subject to
    mainland Chinese regulations, including the Great Firewall, yet local control applies.[363]
    See also

     Hong Kong portal

     China portal

     Index of articles related to Hong Kong


     Outline of Hong Kong

    Notes

    1. ^ Jump up to:a b No specific variety of Chinese is official in the territory. Residents predominantly speak Cantonese, the de facto regional standard.[1][2][3]
    2. ^ Jump up to:a b For all government use, documents written using Traditional Chinese characters are authoritative over ones inscribed with Simplified
    Chinese characters.[4] English shares equal status with Chinese in all official proceedings.[5]
    3. ^ Except for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road, which drives on the right.[16]

    4. ^
     US: /ˈhɒŋkɒŋ/ or UK: /hɒŋˈkɒŋ/; Chinese: 香港; Jyutping: Hoeng1 gong2; Cantonese Yale: Hēunggóng, Cantonese: [hœ́ ːŋ.kɔ̌ ːŋ] ⓘ
     Officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong
    SAR or HKSAR; Chinese: 中華人民共和國香港特別行政區; Cantonese Yale: Hēunggóng Dahkbiht Hàhngjingkē

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