Promotion of Biliteracy and Trilingualism

Promotion of Proper Cantonese Pronunciation

SCOLAR started the promotion of proper Cantonese pronunciation in 2007 with a series of TV and radio programmes as well as school activities to encourage people to pronounce words in Cantonese properly without "lazy articulation" for better communication with other people.

	School Activities
	TV Programme (2007)
	Radio Programmes (2007/08)

Document(s) for Download
	Table of Chinese words that may easily cause "lazy articulation" in Cantonese (in Chinese only)
	Abstracts of TV Programme "Say No to Laan5 Jam1" (in Chinese only)

Press Release(s)
	SCOLAR organises day camps for primary students to promote proper Cantonese pronunciation (with photo)	7 February 2009
	SCOLAR continues to promote proper Cantonese pronunciation	30 March 2008
	SCOLAR launches new radio series to promote proper Cantonese pronunciation	29 November 2007
	SCOLAR steps up promotion of proper Cantonese pronunciation	15 November 2007
	Public event to promote "Say No to 'laan5 jam1'" (with photo)	7 October 2007
	TV programme "Say No to 'laan5 jam1' " starts on 3 September (with photo)	28 August 2007

Speech(es)
	SCOLAR Member, Mrs Agnes Tsui, at Press Conference for TV Programme "Say No to 'laan5 jam1' " (in Chinese only)	28 August 2007

Enquiries
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