The current situation for Mandarin in Hong Kong primary and secondary schools is that schools do not set their sights very high, and mostly adopt a "window-dressing" approach. "To put it bluntly," says Liu Rennian. "if a teacher says she can teach Mandarin, she will get the job. If teachers can't speak Mandarin well themselves, how can pupils be expected to learn it properly?"
如今香港中小學普通話的情況是，學校的期望並不會太高，多半採聊備一格的做法，「說得不好聽，老師只要夠膽敢教就上台了」，劉仁念說，「老師自己的普通話都說得不好，又怎能奢求學生能學多好？」