Sign Language

Meetings in Hong Kong 5-9 March 2008

The Nippon Foundation funded a multi-year project to develop small dictionaries of practical sign language in four countries: the Philippines, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Cambodia.  Phase 1 of this project ended in December, 2008, and a representative from each of the countries was invited to a meeting at Chinese University in Hong Kong, the administrative center for the project. The dictionaries produced so far were displayed, and Phase 2 of the project was discussed. Charlie Dittmeier and Chea Sokchea flew to Hong Kong on the night of 5 March. Sokchea, a deaf sign language researcher, was the presenter for the Deaf Development Programme, and Charlie was her interpreter.

	Wednesday, 5 March 2008 Arrival in Hong Kong
	Thursday, 6 March 2008 Meeting and Ceremony
	Friday, 7 March 2008 The Sign Language Linguistics Center
	Saturday, 8 March 2008 Touring Hong Kong
	Saturday, 8 March 2008 Hong Kong Catholic Deaf Group