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我認為外資公司在投資台灣時，一定會方便
許多。

當然這種事不是一朝一夕可成，據我所
知，就連新加坡也花了 10 年以上才成為雙
語國家。

Q2：如果台灣成為了雙語國家，它在亞洲
的角色會如何變化？

Ans：你一旦同時掌握英語和中文，你就
是東西方溝通的橋樑，香港之前就一直扮演

這個角色。而且我認為，只要台灣的英語能
力夠好，人們就會把台灣當成在亞洲做生意
的基地，如此一來，台灣的重要性一定會大
幅提升。
大國永遠不會是溝通橋樑，能當橋樑的
國家永遠都是夾在中間的小國。美國從沒當
過，中國也從來沒有；反觀台灣不但夠小，也

應該夠靈活，雙語計畫一旦成功，它就會成為
橋樑。 台灣美國商會執行長李豪認為雙語政策一旦成功，台灣將有更多機
會被世界看見。（圖╱台灣金融研訓院）

easy task, and I still have a question whether Q2：How would Taiwan’s role in Asia change
we’re talking about true bilingualism like Hong if it were a bilingual country?
Kong and Singapore, or English proficiency
like Malaysia, but I think if we really go in the Ans：If you speak English and Chinese well,
direction of true bilingualism, with laws established in you basically can be the bridge between East and

both English and Chinese, that would make Taiwan a West. Hong Kong fulfilled that role for many years. And
lot more business friendly for international companies I think Taiwan can certainly take up that role if it gets to
to come here and invest. a level of good English competency, where people will
It’s not something that has to be done then look at Taiwan as a place to do business in the
overnight. I understand even Singapore rest of Asia.
took much longer than 10 years to reach The bridge is never the big country. The U.S.
bilingualism. is never the bridge. China is never the bridge. The

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