English or languish - Probing the ramifications
of Hong Kong's language policy
   
 
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  • Student enrolment

    • table 1a - Day school enrolment by school level (2001 )
    • table 1b - Day school enrolment by grade, year , and key stage (1992 - 2001)

  • Secondary school teacher certification

    • Teachers with degree training by subject taught
      • table 2 - All subjects
      • table 3 - Chinese and English languages and literatures only

    • Teachers with no degree and no teacher training by school sector
      • table 4 - All subjects
      • table 5 - Chinese and English languages and literatures

    • table 6 - Prioritization of Hong Kong secondary education

    • table 10 - In search of a life-style

  • Tertiary education

    • Humanities, social sciences, and business studies
    • table X - UGC earmarked grant money by subject area, field, and institution

  • Opportunity cost of English language education

    • Getting along with others

      • At Home
      • Overseas

        • Hong Kong's principal trade partners by category of trade: 1995, 1999, 2000.
        • table 13 - Distribution across countries

    • The economics of education
      • table 17 - International comparison.
      • table 43 - Hong Kong's English language distillation and certified waste plant.  
        • table 44 - Entry Level Incentives for Learning English - Secondary Forms V graduates and above. 
        • table 45 -  Hourly, adjusted monthly, and adjusted yearly opportunity cost of classroom study (Base year 2004)
        • table 46 - Cumulative opportunity cost of English language classroom study time per student (base year 2004)
        • Total classroom hours spent studying English at all grade levels in 2001. 
          • table 47a - Recommended number of classroom hours for the study of English.
          • table 47b - Recommended number of classroom hours for the study of all subjects.
          • table 47c - Total number of classroom hours devoted to English in 2001 by key stage.
        • table 48 - A reasonable guess about the number of students pursuing certified English language waste certification in 2001. 
        • table 49 - Preliminary estimate of per annum opportunity cost of certified waste incurred by students. 
        • table 50 - Preliminary estimate of per annum opportunity cost of certified waste incurred by Hong Kong taxpayers. 
        • table 51 - Preliminary estimate of per annum classroom time spent in false pursuit of the English language. 
        • Summary statistics.
          • table 52a - Opportunity cost of certified waste to Hong Kong children.
          • table 52b - Per annum opportunity cost ofand children certified waste to Hong Kong tax payers.
          • table 52c - Per annum opportunity cost of certified waste as a percentage of recurrent government expenditure on education.

    • Hong Kong's Information Society

      • table 20 - Distribution of online population by language
      • table 21 - Growth of Non-English Speaking Online Population 1996-2001
      • table 53 - Hong Kong users of electronic business services 2000-2003.
      • Closing the household computer and internet access gaps in 2003
        • table 54 -  Reasons for not having a household computer and internet access.
        • table 55 - Hong Kong dwelling types.

    • Linguistic diversity

    • Hong Kong crime: An international comparison

    • Income or consumption inequality - International comparison

      • table 34 - GDP per capita (PPP) and HDI ranking
      • table 35 - Hong Kong's income gaps
      • table 36 - Income inequality. An international comparison

    • Tourism - WTO Tourism Highlights 2002

      • World's Top 15 (2000 and 2001)
      • International tourist arrivals and tourism receipts
      • table 40 - Outbound tourism by generating regions

      • table 41 - International tourist arrivals. 2020 growth forecast

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