Tuesday, February 01, 2005

真的吗?

Chinese syllabus from Pr 1 to Sec 4 cut (requires registration)

THE Ministry of Education has slashed the syllabus of all Chinese Language students from Primary 1 to Secondary 4, including those doing Higher Chinese, with immediate effect.

Very soon, you will hear exchanges such as these (quoted from Mr Peter Woo):

你好吗?

好...

吃饱了吗?

饱...

And maybe you will hear the kids intoning robotically:

请你给我五碗炒米粉...