Early this year, a research report published by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) stated that in primary schools where Chinese lessons are given in Mandarin, the pupils 'standard of Chinese composition had improved, but they were more "passive" in class than those taught in Cantonese.
今年年初香港中文大學發表研究報告指出，中文課以普通話授課的小學，中文書寫水準提高了，但學生上課表現卻比廣東話上課「被動」。