Many Hong Kong people lament that since the 1980s the overall standard of English among local students has declined, but sadly their Chinese has not improved commensurately, despite the increasing number of opportunities to use Chinese in the run-up to Hong Kong's return to the "motherland."
若以大學生的英語能力當作指標，許多香港人都慨嘆，八○年代以來，香港學生整體英文水平下降了，但不幸地，中文能力卻也沒有隨著回歸「祖國」，用中文的機會增多而增強。