"In the Philippines English is the language of government, and Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong were all British colonies." Huang holds that the long-term use of English in those nations is a key reason English-language newspapers have flourished there.
「英文等於是菲律賓的官方語言，新加坡、馬來西亞、香港都曾是英國殖民地」，黃致祥認為，東南亞地區英文報的繁榮和當地長期使用英文的歷史背景有關。