English use in Hong Kong

Hello. You are invited to participate in this short survey on your observations of English use in Hong Kong and beyond. Your survey responses will be strictly confidential and data from this research will be reported only in the aggregate. Thank you very much for your time and support.

Please state your age, ethnicity (Hong Kong Chinese, mainland Chinese, Caucasian, Greek, etc) and number of years in Hong Kong.

Fill in the blank space for the following sentence: "For millions of ______ or "overseas Chinese", life beyond China�s borders is fraught with questions of identity."

"Iron rice bowl" refers to one of the following:

a variety of rice (like "basmati rice") placed in a bowl

a bowl made of iron for putting in rice

guaranteed employment

a strong economy

Other (please state)

During Chinese New Year, parents in Hong Kong would give each child a

hong bao

laisee

red packet

ang pow

Other (please state)

Fill in the blank space: "Tenderers must have at least TWO (2) aggregate years of experience in provision of services of ticket selling, fees collection or shroff ___ operation in the past ten (10) years. "

carpark

office

experience

retail

Other (please state)

"Teddy boy" refers to

a guy who is cuddly

a guy who has "teddy bear" looks

a guy who is a triad member

a guy who is pampered

Comments

A movie suitable for viewing by adults has the following classification:

Category Four

Restricted(Access)

M(18)

Category Three

Other (please state)

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word: "Mr Kee, the Principal of C J School, __________our prize-giving ceremony during Sports Day."

was present at

officiated

presided over

oversaw

Other (Please state/Comments)

Provide anywhere between 3 and 5 examples that would identify you as a user of Hong Kong English (e.g. "sms" = text messaging) in personal blogs, MSN/Yahoo Messenger, online discussion forums, etc.

I think English use in Hong Kong

is equal to U.S. English but inferior to British English

is equal to both U.S. and British English

is equal to British English but inferior to U.S. English

Other (Please state/Comments)

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