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Monthly Selection of Children's Paradise Collection
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Monthly Selection of National Library of China Ancient Chinese Book Resources
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Thai and Vietnamese
Thai is a tonal language like Chinese and has 32 vowels, 44 consonants, and 5 tones. At least 60% of the vocabulary in Thai originated from Sanskrit and Pali, the ancient Indian languages. Almost all of the Thai names are derived from Sanskrit and Pali, such as “Somsak สมศักดิ์”, “Somchai สมชาย”, “Kanchana กาญจนา”, “Orathai อรทัย”, and “Prapha น้ำหอม”.
Vietnamese is also a tonal language with 11 vowels, 19 consonants and 6 tones. In Vietnam, people can speak a little English, Chinese, Russian, and French. Cantonese is also spoken commonly in the southern part of the Chinese community. The last names of the Vietnamese are similar to the Chinese, the most common last names are “阮Nguyen”, “陳Tran”, “黎Le” and “范Pham”.
Interested users could go to the Language Learning Centre of the Hong Kong Central Library to find out more about Thai and Vietnamese.
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Vietnamese is also a tonal language with 11 vowels, 19 consonants and 6 tones. In Vietnam, people can speak a little English, Chinese, Russian, and French. Cantonese is also spoken commonly in the southern part of the Chinese community. The last names of the Vietnamese are similar to the Chinese, the most common last names are “阮Nguyen”, “陳Tran”, “黎Le” and “范Pham”.
Interested users could go to the Language Learning Centre of the Hong Kong Central Library to find out more about Thai and Vietnamese.
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- The 'Multimedia Information System' will be suspended from 9:00 p.m. on 24 November 2020 to 6:00 a.m. on 25 November 2020 to carry out maintenance work. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
- Please note that the Multimedia Information App has been upgraded on 22 April 2020. Users have to download the latest version of the App available in App Store / Google Play to play the digitised audio-visual content.
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With "Multimedia Information" mobile app, you can access to the vast amount of digitised contents, including eBooks, images and audio-video materials in the Multimedia Information System anywhere, anytime on your mobile devices.
see more - The "Ancient Chinese Book Resources from the National Library of China" collection showcases part of the digitised ancient Chinese books collection in National Library of China, including "Epigraphic and Pictorial Rubbings", "New Year Pictures" and "Gazetteers", etc.
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- Since Microsoft no longer provides support to Windows XP operating system, readers using computers with Windows XP and IE8 to access Multimedia Information System (MMIS) Portal may encounter problems. We recommend readers to use Firefox or Chrome browsers on those computers when using the MMIS online service.
- Easy searching Old HK Newspapers in Multimedia Information System
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大公報, 1951-11-25
1951-11-25日本電氣工人大罷工
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1960-11-25上水古洞農場雙屍命案,一男一女陳屍村前道方
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