Now picture an individual fluent in Cantonese who not only is a talented engineer but a gifted facilitator.
"I realized if I was going to be more effective on the global health scene I would need to be more proficient in at least another language," explains Sun, who is studying French and already is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese.
Fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and Japanese, Yeung has served as chair of delegations to the United Nations in Geneva, New York, Tokyo, Florida and Beijing, and as the master of ceremony for a live broadcast of a dialogue session between 2,500 Chinese students and Yang Liwei, the first Chinese astronaut in space.
Fluent in Cantonese from his work for the British colonial government of Hong Kong during 1902 to 1912, and without a need for translator, Clementi introduced the first ethnic Chinese, Shouson Chow, into the Executive Council as an unofficial member.
Many are fluent in Cantonese, which is still the predominant dialect in Chinatown, and a few speak no Chinese at all.
Jennifer, who is fluent in Cantonese, English and Mandarin, China's national dialect, which is now a required subject in local schools, believes there are really only two camps among young Hong Kong people like herself.
She was fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and English.
Under the system, the patients will be clustered together on units at two state hospitals in New York City, which will be staffed by nurses, doctors, social workers and psychiatrists fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese or Korean.
Women indicating to their physician that they were agreeable to participation received a telephone call from a nurse who was fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin to explain the study and arrange a. time for the telephone interview.
Ms. Kwan at Burson-Marsteller grew up in the United States but is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese.
Sung was fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Sichuanese, which enabled him to slip between different worlds.
