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The Samaritans Hong Kong
The Samaritans Hong Kong (Chinese language, Chinese: 撒瑪利亞會) is a free 24-hour multilingual suicide prevention emotional support hotline, hotline in Hong Kong. It is a non-religious charity that provides confidential emotional support to all people, irrespective of race, creed, age or status, who are in emotional distress or suicidal.http://www.samaritans.org.hk/index.php?page=301 About The Samaritans The organisation is registered as a charity in Hong Kong, and governed by its unpaid volunteers. There are about 110 active volunteers with the Samaritans Hong Kong, speaking 14 languages. All of its volunteers speak at least English as one of their languages. History Formation Andrew Tu, originally from Inner Mongolia of the Republic of China, and Elsie Tu, Grand Bauhinia Medal, GBM, a missionary from Newcastle-upon-Tyne of England who came to Hong Kong in the 1950s, began their work by helping the region's underprivileged children. They established the Mu Kuang En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multilingual
Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. More than half of all Europeans claim to speak at least one language other than their mother tongue; but many read and write in one language. Multilingualism is advantageous for people wanting to participate in trade, globalization and cultural openness. Owing to the ease of access to information facilitated by the Internet, individuals' exposure to multiple languages has become increasingly possible. People who speak several languages are also called polyglots. Multilingual speakers have acquired and maintained at least one language during childhood, the so-called first language (L1). The first language (sometimes also referred to as the mother tongue) is usually acquired without formal education, by mechanisms about which scholars disagree. Children acquirin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
