When one mentions the standard of English among schoolchildren and students in Hong Kong, professors at leading local academic institutions such as the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) generally express the view that it often leaves much to be desired. "More class time is spent explaining English than teaching subject matter," says Professor Chi Hsi-sheng of HKUST's Division of Social Science.
講起香港學生的英文程度，在香港一些頂尖學府如香港科技大學，教授們普遍的說法居然是，一般學生的英文程度並不好，「課堂上花在解釋英文，比傳授學科知識的時間還多」，科技大學教授齊錫生這樣認為。