Of course, as the handover approaches, "it's natural that language policy will be given increasing attention," notes Tsang Yok Sing. Today, English is the main tool of communication in upper class society in Hong Kong, despite the fact that everyone can speak Cantonese. "That's a little strange," he says.
如今回歸在即，「語言政策會越來越被注意是必然的」，曾鈺成就指出，如今在香港上流社會，英文都還是主要的溝通語言，雖然大家都會講廣東話，「回歸之後如果還這樣，其實有點怪」，他說。