Essays on Writing and Language in Honor - Sino-Platonic Papers

Schn~esstschnifi: &says iri Horwr of John DeFrancis
Proposal of a Comparative Study of Language Policies
and Their Implementation in Singapore, Taiwan, and China (PRC)*
Robert L. Cheng
University of Hawaii
* For John, who encouraged the long-awaited publication of this paper, which was first presented
at the Asian and Pacific Planning Conference on Language Policy and Economic Opportunity at
the University of Hawaii on December 22, 1980. Please note that the content and data have not
been revised, and therefore, may be somewhat dated; however, the general policies of the three
governments in question have changed little in their basic approaches to language planning.
At the end, I have suggested some readings of works that have come out after the writing
of this paper and of which have called my attention.