Putonghua scheme confirmed

The government's advisory body on language education formally launched a HK$200 million campaign yesterday to help schools use Putonghua as the medium of instruction for Chinese language.

Michael Tien Puk-sun, chairman of the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (Scolar), said the scheme would invest HK$100 million in hiring extra teachers and the rest of the money to bring in mainland teaching experts.

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