2015年CRI HK Businessman Promotes Chinese language in Vietnam

 

Dr. Jonathan Koon-shum Choi is the chairman of the Hong Kong-based Sunwah Group which was established in 1957.

Every year, the group invests¹ one million U.S. dollars in a number of public welfare programs in Vietnam.

This includes Chinese language teaching² projects to help educational development in the southeast Asian country.

Operating businesses in Vietnam for 45 years, Choi says promoting the Chinese language is a much more important task.

"You can see the Chinese language in many places such as the temples in Hanoi. But many elite³ Vietnamese students don't understand Chinese. The language is used to record history -- the Vietnamese history written in the Chinese language. So I think it's not good if the students don't understand the Chinese language."

Now the Jonathan KS Choi Cultural Center has been set up in the Vietnam National University based in the capital city Hanoi.

The center has been hosting various public events including free lectures to help school drop-outs learn Chinese. 

In addition, a three-year training program has been set up for workers in the local community.

Professor Yuen-Tsang Woon Ki is a main lecturer with the program.

"The training will last for three years. This is just a start. We will have more teachers joining in the program to help promote the development of social work in Vietnam. And this also reflects Hong Kong's support to Vietnam's social work development."

Knowing that Chinese President Xi Jinping is paying a two-day visit in Vietnam, Dr. Choi is looking forward to deeper cultural ties between the two neighbors.

"I sincerely hope that our country can strengthen exchange with Vietnam in various fields of the economy, culture to education to reach a goal of mutual⁴ understanding, mutual respect and mutual trust."

Over the decades, Dr. Choi has been promoting educational development through China and ASEAN countries.

He was also the founder⁵ of the Chinese Academy⁶ of Sciences Honorary Academician Foundation⁷, the Zhongshan Sun Wah Science and Technology Institute and various other educational institutions.

For CRI, I am Wang Mengzhen.

1 invests   

投资，花费( invest的第三人称单数 )； 授予； （把资金）投入； 投入（时间、精力等）

参考例句：

• Fog invests the city. 大雾笼罩城市。
• Why is the man who invests all your a broker? 为什么帮你管理所有投资的人叫做“不名一文的人”？

2 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

3 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

4 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

5 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

6 academy   

n.(高等)专科院校；学术社团，协会，研究院

参考例句：

• This is an academy of music.这是一所音乐专科学院。
• I visited Chinese Academy of Sciences yesterday.我昨天去访问了中国科学院。

7 foundation   

n.[pl.]地基；基础；基金会；建立，创办

参考例句：

• The foundation of the university took place 600 years ago.这所大学是600年前创办的。
• The Foundation gives money to help artists.那家基金会捐款帮助艺术家。