According to Hong Kong government figures for the 1980s, of over 400 public-sector secondary schools throughout the territory, Chinese was the medium of instruction in only 20. In the 1990s this number has gradually grown to 79.
據香港政府統計，一九八○年代全香港四百多所公立中學，只有二十所以中文為教學語言，到九○年代才逐漸增加到七十幾所。