Originally Posted by
fastair
move never thought of the HKG or even NRT agents as having poor English skills. Neither with SIN or even BKK back in the day
While more of a topic for OMNI/PR, ever since 1997, the HK education system has placed less of an emphasis on teaching students English. Instead, the government has been pushing Chinese language based curriculum. Unless a student goes to an elite private school or international school, their English skills tend to be subpar if they went to a lower tier school. Employees who are fluent in English would not typically want to work at Jardine Airport Services (or any other ground handling company at the airport) in the first place!