In a 1974 education document, the Hong Kong government explicitly encouraged all schools to use mother-tongue instruction. But, says Au Pak-kuen, "This call was not backed up with active measures, so it had little effect."
一九七四年，香港政府的教育文件就曾明確鼓勵各校用母語教學，「但缺少積極措施，所以成效不彰」，區伯權說。