... the data of the following table, which shows the frequency of use of Cantonese, English and Putonghua in different occasions, further illustrate the special status of Cantonese. In Table 5, the ... to the question of which language the respondents often used to chat with their familymembers. The rest can be comprehended in the same manner.It is obvious from the table that the mean of ... under the “one country” principle, the promotion of Putonghua, instead of Cantonese, ought to b e the trend, as Putonghua is the officiallanguage of China. To put it simply, after the handover, the...