Shin Kataoka, assistant professor in Chinese at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, with a poster for the recent Cantonese festival. Photo: Elaine Yau
Shin Kataoka, assistant professor in Chinese at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, with a poster for the recent Cantonese festival. Photo: Elaine Yau
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Why you have to know Cantonese in Hong Kong - two foreign husbands explain

Japanese academic Shin Kataoka and linguist John Wakefield explain how they came to learn Cantonese and what they think the future holds for it

Elaine Yau
Elaine Yau

Updated: 6:02pm, 25 Jun, 2018

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Shin Kataoka, assistant professor in Chinese at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, with a poster for the recent Cantonese festival. Photo: Elaine Yau
Shin Kataoka, assistant professor in Chinese at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, with a poster for the recent Cantonese festival. Photo: Elaine Yau
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