Kasz216 said:
SamuelRSmith said:
Bristow9091 said:
Congratulations, that sounds like it could be great!
I assume they'll be setting up your accommodation, right? I mean, I reckon it'd be difficult finding your own place in a foreign country.
Also, do you speak any Chinese? I imagine it'd be pretty awkward trying to live somewhere for 12 months if you don't know the language, lol. |
Actually, I had to find my own accommodation, I had already got this sorted out before the job offer (as having to find somewhere in a handful of weeks would be impossible). So, I told Hong Kong's City University of my situation, and they offered me a room if I got the job.
EDIT: And, no, I do not speak Canonese. However, due to being under British rule for a century, and having an extremely high number of migrant workers, the vast majority of people speak English. I will pick up some Cantonese on the go, and spend time learning the basics before I get there.
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It's the advantage of learning the international langauge of buisness.
Other languages have more speakers, but outside argueably cantonese nobody has more total speakers...
And cantonese is sort of a moot point since that's almost all in one country.
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I think you might be confusing Cantonese with Mandarin. Cantonese is only really spoken in Hong Kong and a couple of other small provinces (small, being relative to the rest of China).
But, yeah, your point is right. China is the number #1 English speaking country in the world. HSBC didn't even care that I didn't know a single word of Cantonese, it's just not that important in the business world (though I will try to pick up the basics, to help my communications at local markets, and such).
