"Cultural July" of Hong Kong Book Fair 2025 - Reading Activities: The Entrepreneurial Journey of Promoting Mandarin
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Date:
2025/7/5 (Saturday)
Time:
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Venue:
Sha Tin Public Library (Extension Activities Room)
Speaker:
Mr. CHEUNG Ka-sing
Organiser:
Organised by Hong Kong Book Fair 2025 (Hong Kong Trade Development Council)
Supported by Hong Kong Public Libraries
Remarks:
Conducted in Cantonese. Free admission.
For enquiry and registration, please visit hkbookfair.hktdc.com/culturaljuly
The speaker will share an entrepreneurial story on the promotion of Putonghua in Hong Kong by talking about the emergence of private Putonghua classes after the war in 1945 and the beginning of formal Putonghua education from scratch in 1950.
