In the Hong Kong film Fuziqing (Sentiments Between Father and Son), the first generation of immigrants in the 1960s met obstacles to upward mobility because their English was poor. They insisted that their children learn English well because it would be useful in getting a better job.
香港電影《父子情》裡描述的，六○年代的第一代移民因為英文不好而升遷受阻，他們要求子女上英校、講比他們流利的英文，以利於就業。