In the 1990s, with the return to Chinese rule drawing closer, the mother-tongue instruction policy was pursued more actively. The Education Department introduced measures to reward schools which chose mother-tongue instruction, such as providing audiovisual teaching materials and teacher training.
一九九○年代，隨著回歸腳步的逼近，香港的母語政策也轉趨積極，對選擇母語教學的學校，教育署提供有視聽教材、教師培訓等鼓勵措施。